With oil product stocks at moderate levels, Shandong's teapot refineries have kept refinery run rates relatively high, which is supporting demand for feedstock crudes, sources said this week. Regular importer Beifang Asphalt Fuel in ...
Tags: oil product, bitumen
Some independent teapot refiners in China's eastern Shandong province will be ramping up crude oil imports over the next month in a bid to utilize their import quotas before the end of the year, trade sources said this week. This is ...
Tags: Teapot Refiners, crude oil
Demand for imported crude, petroleum bitumen blend and straight-run fuel oil by independent teapot refineries in China's eastern Shandong province was relatively weak over this week, given narrowing refining margins on lower oil prices in ...
Tags: crude, petroleum bitumen, fuel oil
The strike by pilots and tugs in the Greek port of Piraeus was extended by another 48 hours Wednesday, which kept barge loadings from refineries suspended for the third consecutive day. "Until further notice, the strike continues today ...
Tags: high sulfur fuel oil, gasoil, refiner
China's independent teapot refiners are showing little interest in participating in Russian M100 tenders that are set to be issued in late September or early October, market sources said Thursday. Only two 40,000 mt cargoes of Russian ...
Tags: Teapot Refineries, Refineries
Vietnam's state-owned Petrolimex, which accounts for more than half of domestic oil product sales, cut its diesel and kerosene retail prices marginally but kept gasoline and fuel oil rates unchanged, effective late Thursday, according to a ...
Refining margins for sweet crudes are out-performing margins for sour crudes like Urals in Northwest Europe, Platts data shows, as lighter refined products have surged while heavier products have dropped. While cracking margins -- which ...
Tags: Sweet Crude, Gasoline
The Mediterranean high sulfur fuel oil market has moved to its widest discount to Northwest Europe in four months amid ample supply, traders said. Mediterranean FOB HSFO cargoes were assessed by Platts on Thursday at a $12/mt discount to ...
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An expected surplus of gasoil in Asia from greenfield and upgraded refineries might flow into the marine fuel market in late 2014 or early 2015, trade sources said Wednesday. Asia's maritime industry is looking to the possible supply as ...
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The FOB Singapore 380 CST high sulfur fuel oil cash differential slipped into a discount Monday due to excess supply. The cash differential for the higher viscosity grade fuel oil fell to a discount of 26 cents/mt Monday, down from ...
Tags: high sulfur fuel, HSFO market
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp has submitted a formal request to the National Board of Revenue seeking a waiver from local taxes, value added taxes and other duties imposed on refined oil product imports, in order to borrow less from ...
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China's fuel oil imports in November plunged 29.7% year on year to 1.46 million mt, General Administration of Customs data released Friday showed. The total was also down 12.4% from October. The volume refers to fuel oil classified as No. ...
Hong Kong bunker fuel suppliers said Friday they have settled ex-wharf premiums for October-loading 380 CST bunker fuel with importers at around $16/mt above Mean of Platts Singapore 380 CST high sulfur fuel oil assessments, compared with ...
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China's fuel oil imports in August fell to a near five-year low of 1.17 million mt amid continued weak demand from both the bunker market and independent teapot refiners, according to data released late Monday by the General Administration ...
The differential between the physical 180 CST viscosity high sulfur fuel oil in Singapore and 380 CST viscosity HSFO in Rotterdam -- known as the East/West spread -- recovered Thursday from 23-month lows, but remains subdued with the ...
Tags: Fuel Oil, oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy