Asia/Pacific
Japanese oil refiner profits rise as they max out runs to cash in on high margins
TOKYO (Reuters) — Profits for Japanese oil refiners rose for the latest reporting period as they pushed their plants at the highest rates in 46 yr amid high margins and after a government mandated industry consolidation.
China CNPC completes domestic pipeline to receive more Russian oil
(Reuters) — China National Petroleum Corp completed the last welding of a 941.8-km pipeline in northeast China, ready to start taking Russian oil from Jan. 1, the state energy group said late on Sunday.
Shell sells out of Woodside Petroleum for $2.7 B
LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) — Royal Dutch Shell on Monday sold its entire stake in Australia's largest independent oil and gas company Woodside Petroleum Ltd for $2.7 B as it pushes ahead with its vast disposal program.
S.Korea's Hanwha Total to raise LPG use in cracker after expansion
PENANG (Reuters) — South Korea’s Hanwha Total Petrochemical will use at least four times more LPG feedstock when it completes raising its cracker capacity by 30% to 1.4 MMtpy in 2019, said a top executive.
Asian floating oil storage declines as crude market tightens
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — The amount of oil stored on tankers around Singapore has dropped sharply in the last months, the latest indication that OPEC-led supply cuts are successfully tightening crude markets even as US exports have soared.
China's CEFC, Rosneft to study South China petchem complex
BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) — Private conglomerate CEFC China Energy and Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft have agreed to study the possibility of building a petrochemical complex in South China, Rosneft said on Friday.
China Energy Investment signs MOU for $83.7 B in West Virginia projects
BEIJING (Reuters) — China Energy Investment Corp, the world's largest power company by asset value, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to invest $83.7 B in shale gas, power and chemical projects in West Virginia, the US state said on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia to supply full Dec crude volumes to three North Asian refiners
SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, will supply full contractual volumes of crude to three North Asian refiners in December, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
Indian Oil Corp starts crude oil trading through Singapore subsidiary
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — India’s top refiner Indian Oil Corp on Wednesday began trading crude oil through its Singapore unit, buying a million barrels of Nigerian oil Akpo, the state-run company’s head of finance AK Sharma said.
China sets 2018 non-state crude oil import quota 55% higher than 2017
BEIJING (Reuters) — China has raised its 2018 crude oil import quota for "non-state trade," generally meaning independent refiners, by 55% over 2017, raising the clout of the independents in the global market after a setback this year.
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- ADNOC launches $80-B low-carbon energy and chemicals investment company 11/27
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- Clariant’s MegaMax™ catalysts to power China’s first biomass-to-green methanol project 11/27
- easyJet, Renavia and WFS sign MoU for long-term supply of SAF 11/27
- Russian Urals oil sales to Turkey in Nov. up 38% m/m as STAR refinery increases runs 11/27
