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Tuesday, June 25, 2013 BP Plc. (BP) is restarting the reconfigured crude distillation unit at its Whiting, Ind., refinery, » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130624-708963.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Monday, June 24, 2013 The West Coast is bringing in record amounts of crude from the interior of the U.S., cutting the pr » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-21/bakken-boom-cutting-west-coast-imports-of-crude-energy-markets.html
Monday, June 24, 2013 China’s commercial crude stockpiles rose in May to the highest level in six months as more refineri » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-24/china-crude-stockpile-rises-to-six-month-high-as-refineries-shut
Monday, June 24, 2013 U.S. coal exports have made steady inroads into the Asian market since 2007. Almost all the U.S. co » http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11791
Monday, June 24, 2013 Flint Hills Resources reported a power outage due to a storm at its Rosemount, Minn., refinery Frid » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130622-700807.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Monday, June 24, 2013 Michigan environmental officials are looking into the effect that dust from petroleum coke piles is » http://wwmt.com/shared/news/features/state/stories/wwmt_peters-state-looking-into-pet-coke-dust-issue-2395.shtml
Monday, June 24, 2013 Tesoro Corp. (TSO) reported a power failure earlier this week at its Martinez, Calif., refinery, ac » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130621-708256.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Friday, June 21, 2013 Nicholson Terminal and Dock, which manages operations at the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority si » http://www.freep.com/article/20130620/NEWS01/306200097/Detroit-pet-coke
Friday, June 21, 2013 Oil production in Texas’s Eagle Ford shale formation rose 54 percent in April from the previous yea » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/20/eagle-fords-april-output-rises-54/
Friday, June 21, 2013 Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) is shutting the crude distillation unit at the Torrance, California, refine » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-20/exxon-torrance-said-to-shut-crude-unit-up-to-2-weeks-for-repairs.html
Friday, June 21, 2013 West Texas Intermediate crude fell the most in seven months on signs China’s economy is slowing and » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-20/crude-falls-on-signs-of-china-slowdown-amid-fed-stimulus.html
Friday, June 21, 2013 Factory output in China weakened to a nine-month low in June while U.S. manufacturing closed out it » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/economy-global-idUSL5N0EW11K20130620
Thursday, June 20, 2013 U.S. natural gas production will accelerate from 2014 through 2018 as higher prices spur drilling a » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/20/iea-says-u-s-natural-gas-output-to-accelerate-next-year/
Thursday, June 20, 2013 According to estimation statistics published by China Cement Association, China's cement market is » http://en.ce.cn/Insight/201306/20/t20130620_24495737.shtml
Thursday, June 20, 2013 Even as Americans want less emphasis on coal than other energy sources, there is big demand for it » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/19/us-coal-exports-in-march-hit-record-high-feds-say/
Thursday, June 20, 2013 Declining metallurgical-coal prices, which are seen hitting a three-year low amid rising Australian » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-19/alpha-sees-coal-decline-extending-u-s-mine-output-cuts.html
Thursday, June 20, 2013 HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC)’s Tulsa East refinery units, undergoing maintenance that began last month » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-19/hollyfrontier-tulsa-east-refinery-units-said-to-restart-in-july
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 China's coal imports, including lignite, fell 3.9 percent in May from a month ago as worries over i » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/chna-coal-imports-idUSL3N0EU0W120130618
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 The U.S. will continue to need crude from Canada’s oil sands because rising production from its sha » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-18/u-s-needs-oil-sands-as-surge-from-shale-bonanza-seen-overdone.html
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 The U.S. oil boom is moving Congress closer than it has been in more than three decades to easing t » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-18/americans-exporting-more-oil-first-time-since-70s.html
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Even if U.S. President Barack Obama approves the Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian crude oil probably » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-18/keystone-seen-failing-to-sop-up-canada-oil-glut.html
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 RBTH Asia reported that Russia intends to upgrade its port and railway infrastructure in the Far Ea » http://www.coalguru.com/cis/russia_to_export_more_coal_to_asia_pacific/10476
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Scrapping iron-ore carriers converted from obsolete oil tankers such as the Exxon Valdez is helping » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/17/scrapping-converted-ships-like-exxon-valdez-seen-curbing-glut/
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Domestic oil production could reach more than 10 million barrels per day by 2040, with nearly half » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/17/eia-us-daily-crude-supply-could-surge-to-10m-barrels-by-2040/
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Rio Tinto’s endeavors to keep open one of its French smelters raises questions not just about the v » http://agmetalminer.com/2013/06/17/rios-french-smelter-at-dunkirk-under-threat-without-new-power-deal/
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Japan's economy will likely grow faster than expected just a month ago, driven by aggressive moneta » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/uk-economy-poll-japan-idUKBRE95H0AO20130618
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 The Bundesbank warned on Monday there were signs that growth in Germany would slow over the summer » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-bundesbank-economy-idINBRE95G06O20130617
Monday, June 17, 2013 Henry Hub natural gas prices will become far more volatile and influenced by global market conditio » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/14/study-exports-will-have-significant-impact-on-us-natural-gas-price/
Monday, June 17, 2013 North Dakota drillers continue to produce oil and natural gas at a record pace, data from the stat » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/16/north-dakota-oil-production-continues-record-pace/
Monday, June 17, 2013 Negotiations over Swiss industrial group Klesch's potential purchase of U.S. aluminium maker Alcoa' » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/alcoa-idUSL5N0EO3CB20130612
Monday, June 17, 2013 The following table lists planned and unplanned production outages at US refineries as reported by » http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/3219093/Latest-News/Refinery-watch-Planned-and-unplanned-US-outages.html
Monday, June 17, 2013 The world is heading for a glut of refined products as new Asian and Middle East refineries increas » http://www.independent.ie/business/world/refining-glut-could-force-closures-29346114.html
Monday, June 17, 2013 Saudi Aramco Total Refinery and Petrochemicals Company (Satorp) expects its new refinery at Jubail » http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130615169886
Monday, June 17, 2013 In the second force majeure action reported by MetalMiner today, power outages in Hydro’s Brazilian » http://agmetalminer.com/2013/06/13/hydro-declares-force-majeure-on-alumina-refinery-as-aluminum-slips/
Friday, June 14, 2013 Pet coke is a bi-product of oil refining and is often blended with coal to make electricity. Nova S » http://cleaner.nspower.ca/post/On-Pet-Coke.aspx
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