Demand for solvent-grade mixed xylene has come to a near standstill this week as the product shares the same code for imports as mixed aromatics, which is expected to have a consumption tax imposed some time between May 1 and July 1, market ...
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China is highly likely to restrict oil product exports in the first half of 2017 to flat or below H1 2016 levels amid growing focus on pollution control, curbing excess capacity and international trade flows, sources with knowledge of the ...
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China's independent refineries likely have to rely on state-owned trading companies to export oil products in 2017 as Beijing is likely to stop awarding them quotas to export directly, informed sources said Friday. "It [stopping awarding ...
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China's crude oil imports rose 9.4% on year to 26.35 million mt in October, or 6.23 million b/d, preliminary data released by the General Administration of Customs Sunday showed. The October imports were 8.8% lower from September's 6.829 ...
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China's crude oil imports rose 8% year on year to 25.41 million mt in November, or an average 6.21 million b/d, preliminary General Administration of Customs data released Monday, December 8, showed. The volume was also up 8.9% month on ...
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China's crude oil imports in September rose 7.4% year on year to 27.58 million mt or an average 6.74 million b/d, the second highest on record, preliminary data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs showed. Crude ...
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Platts’ analysis shows apparent oil demand in August was 41.19 million metric tons (mt), or an average 9.74 million barrels per day (b/d) — an increase of 3.7% year over year. This growth came despite a slew of bearish economic ...
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China's crude oil imports in March edged up 0.9% year on year to 23.25 million mt or an average 5.5 million b/d, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the General Administration of Customs. The imports were down 8.8% from ...
China's refinery crude throughput over January and February dipped 1% year on year to 78.78 million mt, or an average of 9.79 million b/d, according to preliminary data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics released Thursday. ...
China's apparent oil demand in November contracted 2.1% year on year to 40.88 million mt, or an average of 9.99 million b/d, according to Platts calculations Thursday based on final government data released Tuesday. This is the second ...
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Fuji Oil may consider entering into alliances with other companies in the Japanese refining and petrochemical sector, where it can benefit, a senior company official with the Japanese refiner said. "We are not able to speak about anything ...
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China's crude oil imports in October fell 13.8% year on year to 20.41 million mt or an average 4.83 million b/d, according to preliminary data released by the General Administration of Customs Friday. This is the first time this year that ...
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At least three Chinese companies are in the final stages of negotiations with three LPG producers in Iran for term supply deals for 2014, industry sources said Thursday. The deals would mark the first time buyers in China had secured LPG ...
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Japan's export of oil products slid 3.7% to 2.95 million barrels over March 3-9, from 3.06 million barrels in the previous week, data released Wednesday by the Petroleum Association of Japan showed. Middle distillates at 1.88 million ...
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Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Energy sold a total 44.04 million kiloliters, or 1.01 million b/d, of oil products in the domestic market over April-December 2012, up 5.3% year on year, JX Holdings, the parent company of the largest Japanese ...