Asia/Pacific
CERAWeek '17: India poised to become an emerging energy powerhouse
HOUSTON—At a late-morning panel on Wednesday at CERAWeek by IHS Markit, government officials and strategists discussed India's evolving role in the global gas market. The panel was moderated by Gauri Jauhar, Director of Consulting and Research (Chair) at IHS Markit.
CERAWeek ’17: Global gas growth spurred by emerging markets, increased trade
HOUSTON—At CERAWeek by IHS Markit’s Global Gas Plenary on Wednesday morning, panelists shared their views on how they expect gas markets to develop over the next few years.
CERAWeek '17: Gas execs, analysts discuss Asian LNG market reforms
HOUSTON—At a Wednesday morning breakfast panel discussion at CERAWeek by IHS Markit, executives from Asian and US LNG companies, as well as analysts and government strategists, spoke about the state of the Asian LNG market and how reforms should be implemented.
Oil-for-loan debts cost Venezuela's PDVSA hard-won India market share
CARACAS/HOUSTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- Venezuela's state-run oil company, PDVSA, has spent at least a decade trying to build business ties and boost shipments to refineries in India, where crowds once welcomed the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez with cries of "Viva!"
Malaysia, Indonesia biodiesel production forecast to rise in 2017
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- Malaysia will produce about 900,000 t of biodiesel in 2017, up about 80% from half a million tons last year, while Indonesian output will rise to 3.5 MMt this year from 3 MMt in 2016, an industry expert said on Tuesday.
CERAWeek ’17: IEA expects global oil demand to rise, outpace supply after 2020
HOUSTON -- Global oil demand will continue to rise in the next five years, dominated by India and Asia, the International Energy Agency said Monday, March 6, during the first day of CERAWeek in Houston.
Asia fuel oil: Buyers re-emerge to narrow cash discounts, spreads sag
DUBAI (Reuters) -- Buyers of physical cargoes re-emerged in the Platts window on Monday helping narrow cash discounts of Asia's 380-cst fuel oil, but a prevalence of bearish sentiment in the paper markets weighed on near-dated time spreads of the fuel.
PetroChina Dalian refinery exports first Australian-spec diesel cargo
BEIJING (Reuters) -- PetroChina's Dalian oil refinery exported on Feb. 27 a 40,000 t cargo of diesel fuel with that met Australian fuel quality specifications, the first shipment of its kind from China, according to a statement posted on the website of the state assets regulator on Monday.
China's largest 'teapot' refiner, CEFC team up in Shandong oil terminal venture
BEIJING (Reuters) -- Dongming Petrochemical, China's largest independent or 'teapot' refiner, has signed a deal with privately run CEFC China Energy and a local port authority to build a crude oil terminal in Shandong province, seeking to ease a logistics bottleneck gripping the country's teapot oil sector.
Global Project Data
According to <i>Hydrocarbon Processing’s</i> Construction Boxscore Database, more than $400 B is being invested in active petrochemical projects around the world.
- Malaysia plans to produce sustainable jet fuel in 2027 11/27
- ADNOC launches $80-B low-carbon energy and chemicals investment company 11/27
- Chevron sees California's fuel inventory law raising prices for customers 11/27
- 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
- Cyclyx to invest in second Cyclyx Circularity Center 11/27
