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BP ships diesel from the US to Australia in unusual move

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Oil major BP Plc is shipping diesel from the United States to Australia in an unusual shipping flow, several industry sources told Reuters on Thursday.

China crude oil imports hold at strong levels in June

BEIJING (Reuters) — China imported 36.11 MMt, or 8.79 MMbpd of crude oil in June, customs data showed on Thursday, again making the country the world's top buyer for the month.

Asian refiners tweak their Qatar oil loadings to side-step Gulf spat

SINGAPORE/SEOUL (Reuters) — Asia's oil refiners are adjusting their shipping arrangements for loading Qatari crude to side-step the diplomatic spat between Doha and other Middle East nations, including top Gulf oil producers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Japan's JXTG resumes normal operations at Kiire terminal after quake

TOKYO (Reuters) — Oil refiner JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp resumed normal operations at its Kiire storage terminal in western Japan on Tuesday afternoon following an earthquake earlier in the day.

China sets sights on oil benchmark after years of delays

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — China has opened more than 6,000 trading accounts for its long-awaited crude futures contract—with three-quarters coming from individual traders—as it pushes ahead with plans to compete with global pricing benchmarks.

Lotte Chemical Titan in weak Malaysian debut after IPO scaled back

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) — Shares of Lotte Chemical Titan Holding Bhd fell in their Malaysian stock market debut, a further indication of weak investor demand after the size of its offering was slashed by a fifth last week.

Saudi Aramco to meet Asia demand for August crude in full

SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI (Reuters) — Saudi Aramco will meet the full August crude oil requirements of its customers in India and southeast Asia as well as four of its North Asian buyers, several sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

Top Iran oil tanker firm NITC says shipments to Europe increasing

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — NITC, Iran's leading oil tanker operator, said on Monday its shipments to Europe were increasing daily and the company plans to upgrade its fleet to support expansion.

CB&I awarded material supply contract for ethylene expansion project

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract by PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP) to supply materials for the revamp of existing cracking heaters at CAP's naphtha cracker plant in Cilegon, Indonesia.

Zhejiang Petrochemical starts construction of China's first private oil refinery site

BEIJING (Reuters) — Zhejiang Petrochemical started construction on Monday of the first phase of its oil refining and petrochemical complex on the island of Zhoushan, near Shanghai, in Zhejiang province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.