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Asia naphtha demand fades as petchem firms snap up LPG

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Asian petrochemical makers are ramping up purchases of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to use as an alternative feedstock to naphtha, looking to snap up cheap cargoes as heating demand for LPG fades in the wake of winter.

China, Myanmar reach agreement on oil pipeline

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China and Myanmar have reached an agreement on an oil pipeline between the neighboring countries and the project will open "very quickly," China's vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said on Monday.

China state refiners given 1.3 MMt of general trade fuel quotas

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China's state oil refiners have been granted a combined 1.315 MMt of quotas to export refined fuel under so-called general trade terms, three sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

India's oil imports from Iran top 500 Mbpd in 2016–2017

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India's Iran oil imports jumped to a record high in 2016–2017 topping 500 Mbpd as refiners boosted purchases after lifting of some Western sanctions against Tehran last year.

Sinopec exports first diesel cargo under general trade terms in 13 yr

BEIJING (Reuters) -- Top Asian refiner Sinopec Crop exported its first refined fuel cargo under so-called general trade terms in 13 yr, the company said on Friday, as China's state-owned refiners adapt to tighter government export quotas.

Indian state-run companies mull daily fuel price change

MUMBAI (Reuters) -- India's state-run oil marketing companies, which control over 90 percent of the retail fuel market in the country, are mulling a plan that would allow daily changes in the price of automotive fuels, Economic Times reported on Friday.

Gastech '17: Day four edition of the official conference newspaper

TOKYO -- Here is the day four edition of the official newspaper for the Gastech 2017 Conference & Exhibition.

China's Sinopec shuts Yanshan refinery rubber unit after environmental checks

BEIJING (Reuters) — China's Sinopec has ordered its rubber unit in Yanshan refinery to shut in response to environmental checks, it said, after the Ministry of Environmental Protection detected odor.

CB&I awarded multiple petchem technology contracts in china

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- CB&I announced it has been awarded multiple technology contracts by Tianjin Bohua Chemical Development Co. Ltd. for a grassroots petrochemicals plant to be built in Tianjin, China.

BP to develop Indonesian retail fuel business with AKR Corporindo

JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Oil major BP has signed an agreement with Indonesian petroleum and chemicals logistics company AKR Corporindo for the joint development of a "differentiated" domestic fuel retail business, BP said in a statement.