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Colombia's state-led Ecopetrol said Thursday that the country's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit has approved the sale of an additional 10% stake in the oil company. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in early December had requested approving this on top of the planned ...
Of China's top five fuel oil importers in 2010, four were bonded bunker traders, versus only two on the list of the top ten in the previous year, C1's data showed. Chimbusco was still the largest fuel oil importer in China in 2010, estimated to import 5.25-5.75-mil mt, up 20% ...
Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical is scheduled to refine 1.05-mil mt of crude in January 2011, with daily throughput up 8% from the previous month, a refinery source told C1. The refinery would start turnarounds of some units by turns from Feb 10, which might last for two months, ...
PetroChina hiked January settlement prices of both Daqing crude and Jidong crude supplied to Sinopec's subsidiary refineries by Yuan 368/mt to Yuan 5,070/mt, with tax inclusive, a source with Sinopec told C1. Settlement prices of most of the other crude supplied to Sinopec ...
South China is estimated to import 380,000-420,000mt of fuel oil in December, up 18% from C1's estimation for November imports, 8% lower than a year earlier, C1 forecast. Although mixed/cracked fuel oil demand from end-users was cooling down as the yearend drew near, demand for ...
Sinopec Wuhan Petrochemical plans to refine 435,000mt of crude in January 2011, basically flat on month, a refinery source told C1. The refinery's crude consumption target for the whole year of 2011 was 5-mil mt, added the source. It is scheduled to shut a 400,000-mt/yr hydrogen ...
Operation rates of independent refineries in Shandong Province averaged 42.2% Thursday, slightly up 0.7 percentage points from one week ago, up 10.2 percentage points compared with a year earlier, C1's survey showed. China Offshore Bitumen increased crude throughput by 1,000mt to ...
Researchers in China, the world's leading provider of wind turbines and solar panels, are working toward making renewable energy cheaper, more efficient and a bigger part of the country's power grid. But despite China's rapid leap to being a global leader in the renewable energy ...
Global oil prices edged higher in Asian trade Thursday as extreme cold weather and blizzards in the northern hemisphere is expected to boost energy demand further. Light sweet crude for February delivery was seen trading at $91.17 a barrel at 12.00 noon Singapore time while Brent ...
Longkou Mining Group is expected to expand annual production capacity of its shale oil project from the current 60,000mt to 120,000mt by March 2011, a company source told C1. The company's shale oil was well received by oil blenders in East China, the source said. Longkou Mining ...
PVC prices in major Asian markets have begun to lose ground following six consecutive months of price increases now that import PVC deals for January are settling with decreases in China. Import PVC prices have also moved lower in India, while players in Southeast Asia are ...
The Bohai Bay (Shandong, North and Northeast China) was estimated to import 0.90-0.95-mil mt of fuel oil in December. This volume was down about 22% or 260,000mt from November imports published by the General Administration of Customs, or down 29% year-on-year. Local refineries ...
HOUSTON-US propylene producers nominated sharp increases for January, market sources said on Thursday, citing proposed increases of 14.50 cents/lb ($320/tonne, 243/tonne) and 15.00 cents/lb. The initiatives represent an increase of around 25% from December, as chemical grade ...
China's caprolactam imports for 2010 are expected to hit an all-time high amid strong demand from downstream nylon producers, customs data showed. From January to November, the country has imported 573,739 mt of caprolactam, or a monthly average of about 52,158 mt. In 2009, China...
The Indonesian government expects investment in the country's oil and gas sector to reach $14.93 billion in 2011 and $17.10 billion in 2012 based on commitments by companies operating in the country, a senior government official said Thursday. "We are optimistic that we will ...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reiterated his support for a merger between Russian gas giant Gazprom and Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz Ukrainy, despite Kiev rejecting the idea on numerous occasions, according to remarks posted on a Russian government website ...
Shrugging off uncertainty in the rest of the energy complex, Central Appalachian rail- and barge-delivered coal prices marched higher Wednesday, despite activity being limited to the CAPP barge prompt quarter, where prices rose at least $1.50/st. In at least two reported trades ...
The premium for 500 ppm sulfur gasoil loading from the Persian Gulf could rise next year on higher regional demand as well as more cargoes moving to Africa and the Red Sea area, trading sources said this week. With Saudi Aramco switching to cleaner fuels in Gizan, in the Red Sea ...
Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft, refined 50 million mt (1 million b/d) of crude at its refineries in 2010, the most in the company's history, Rosneft said in a statement Thursday. "We should thank our refiners, as they achieved this remarkable result in difficult conditions ...
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