The Asian gasoil market saw a sharp reversal in fortunes this month as higher exports from India and North Asia and weakness in Europe, despite the cold season, clamped shut arbitrage outflows from Asia, resulting in a buildup in supply ...
Tags: Gasoil, sulfur gasoil
A combination of low inventories and refinery maintenance could be spurring some Chinese state-owned companies to seek gasoil imports for the fourth quarter, sources said this week. Though market sources said that state-owned trader ...
Tags: Gasoil, sulfur gasoil, crude oil
Members of the Argentinian Biofuels Association, or CARBIO, exported 85,000 mt of biodiesel in March, a 5.2% fall compared with the same period in 2013, according to data from the industry body received by Platts Monday. CARBIO members ...
The timespread for 500 ppm gasoil swaps in Singapore widened to a four-month high of 83 cents/barrel for May/June Monday, reflecting a tighter market during the regional refinery maintenance season, a narrowing East/West spread and ...
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 ...
Tags: Gasoil, Fuel Market, greenfield
Argentina exported 92,755 mt of biodiesel in February, a 106% jump from the same period in a year ago, according to Argentinian Biofuels Association, or CARBIO, data that Platts received Thursday. February fixture data indicated as much ...
Tags: Biodiesel Exports, Biofuels
Mediterranean ultra low sulfur diesel cargoes are trading $10.25/mt above the Northwest European cargoes, the widest spread between the two regions since January 17 on tight prompt supply in the Med. The Med cargo cash premium to the ...
Tags: Diesel Cargoes, low sulfur diesel
Gasoil demand from Belgium, France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland -- the main consumption centers in Northwest Europe -- is down a quarter this winter amid mild weather and a longer-term shift away from the product, traders said Monday. ...
Tags: Gasoil demand, Mineral
The Chinese government has issued a gasoil export quota of 1.9 million mt to state-owned traders Chinaoil and Unipec, sources said Friday. Unipec, the trading arm of state-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, is ...
Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina is seeking 5.4 million kiloliters of fatty acid methyl ester over 2014-2014 for gasoil blending through tender, company officials said late Thursday. The tender, which is limited to domestic companies ...
Tags: fatty acid methyl ester, Chemicals
China will re-introduce an import tax on diesel -- at 1% -- from January 1, 2014, following approval from the State Council, the country's Ministry of Finance said Monday. No reason was given for the change. Diesel had been exempt from ...
Tags: Diesel Tax, Mineral
Gasoil exports from China's state-owned trading company Unipec -- which accounted for most of the country's gasoil shipments so far this year -- are expected to be minimal in June and July following reduced volumes in May, because the ...
The time spread for gasoil swaps in Singapore narrowed 15 cents/barrel day on day to a seven-week low of plus 3 cents/b for April/May Wednesday, because of low regional gasoil demand and concerns over increased exports from China and India, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The cash differential for FOB Singapore 0.5% sulfur gasoil fell to more than a three-year low Wednesday, amid ample supply in the region and weak buying appetite for the grade ahead of a change in sulfur specifications for the Singapore ...
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Chinese refiner West Pacific Petrochemical Corp,or Wepec,has sold 40,000 mt of gasoil for loading over January 18-22 to PetroChina via private negotiations,trading sources said Wednesday. This is the third spot parcel sold by the refiner ...
Tags: Wepec, gasoil, private negotiations, PetroChina