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SINGAPORE - Oil tumbled more than $4 to a one-year low on Friday as growing fears that financial market turmoil will squash demand for fuel outweighed the possibility of an OPEC production cut at an emergency meeting in November. Commodities have been punished along with stock ...
ALMATY - Kazakhstan's oil sector is facing limited access to borrowing due to a global credit crisis but the overall sentiment is good and foreign interest remains strong, the energy minister said on Tuesday. The liquidity squeeze has hit Central Asia's biggest oil producer hard ...
Honeywell announced it has begun selling its low- global-warming blowing agent for one-component foam and aerosol applications in Europe. Honeywell launched the product and received clearance from the European Union to import limited commercial quantities last year. The new ...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete ...
ALMATY - Leading Indian explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) confirmed its interest in buying a stake in MangistauMunaiGas (MMG), a Kazakhstan-based oil producer. A government source said earlier this week ONGC had approached the Kazakh side over MMG, which has total oil ...
TOKYO - Idemitsu Kosan Co, Japan's No. 3 oil refiner, has started exporting gas oil to Mexico on a spot basis, in addition to longer contracts, as demand for oil products in the Central American nation grows. Company officials declined to disclose the volume and timing of the ...
LAGOS/DUBAI - OPEC may need to cut oil output to bolster prices, oil ministers said Wednesday as the exporter group discussed holding an emergency meeting to discuss the impact of the financial crisis. The group plans to meet on November 18 in Vienna, Algerian state news agency ...
SINGAPORE--Asia s benzene prices fell to a 21-month low and are poised to drop below the $900/tonne FOB Korea level if crude values continue to fall and weak demand persists from key derivative segments, said Asian traders and a Korean producer on Wednesday. Prices fell to $900...
Russia's Salavatnefteorgsintez and SIBUR Holding had recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a joint venture under the name Salavat Petrochemicals Complex LLC (SPCC). SPCC is expected to become a major industrial complex, including large-volume production of ...
SINGAPORE--Asia s isomer grade xylene values plunged to their lowest level in 13 months at around $840/tonne FOB (free on board) Korea, triggered by sliding crude oil prices and persistent weak demand from the downstream paraxylene (PX) segment, said traders and producers on ...
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Thursday amid optimism over wide-ranging efforts to solve the U.S. financial crisis and amid mounting concern over the impact of back-to-back hurricanes on U.S. energy inventories. U.S. crude rose 72 cents to settle at $97.88 a barrel, adding to a $6...
LONDON - Any move to limit oil production could hurt the struggling global economy, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday after OPEC agreed to cut output. "First of all, $100 per barrel remains very high in anyone's terms," said David Fyfe, an analyst with the IEA's ...
BEIJING -- Cheaper international crude oil would be a good opportunity for China to reform its commodity prices, said an expert with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Chen Dongqi, vice president of the NDRC's Academy of Macroeconomic Research estimated crude ...
VIENNA -- Saudi Oil Minister Ai al-Nuaimi said here Tuesday that the international crude oil market is "fairly well-balanced" and that the current OPEC crude oil output is appropriate. Ai al-Nuaimi said that OPEC had made great efforts to fulfill its objectives and stabilize the ...
VIENNA -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) faces a dilemma over oil output, prompting member countries to strictly comply with the limitation of a daily production ceiling of 28.8 million barrels of crude oil. This means an average daily output cut of 520...
LONDON - World oil demand will grow by less than expected this year and next due to high prices and weaker economic conditions, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. In its September Oil Market Report, the agency lowered its 2008 world oil demand growth forecast by ...
In place of polyester, vinylester and epoxy used in resin transfer molding (RTM), the use of polyurethane resin is being introduced. RTM technology process has been a preferred method for manufacturing composite parts. Bayer MaterialScience LLC is pioneering the use of polyuretha...
SEOUL - Oil jumped more than $1 to near $105 a barrel on Wednesday, rebounding from a five-month low after OPEC agreed a small but unexpected production cut that some analysts said showed their resolve to keep prices above $100. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting ...
VIENNA - After hours of wrangling, OPEC on Wednesday agreed to revise its complex output targets and said the move would effectively cut supplies by half a million barrels per day (bpd). Ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had been widely ...
WASHINGTON - The drop in U.S. oil demand is expected to continue through next year with annual consumption in 2009 falling below 20 million barrels per day for the first time in seven years, the government's top energy forecasting agency said on Tuesday. A weak U.S. economy and ...
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China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
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Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
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Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
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Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
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Yao's gift of sport for all
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Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
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Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
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