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Monday, May 20, 2013 High coking coal production, downstream demand is limited, the imbalance of supply and demand urgen » http://www.best-news.us/news-4517840-Coking-coal-futures-is-expected-to-touch-a-new-low-into-the-upstream-channel.html
Monday, May 20, 2013 China's leaders under President Xi Jinping say they plan to enforce a target of limiting annual coa » http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/australian-coal-miners-face-china-cap-20130517-2jq7x.html
Monday, May 20, 2013 Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN) reported a power outage earlier this week at its Puget Sound » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/17/shell-reported-power-outage-issues-at-anacortes-refinery/
Monday, May 20, 2013 Refiner Tesoro Corp. (TSO.N) has received formal approval from antitrust regulators in Washington a » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-bprefinery-tesoro-antitrust-idUSBRE94G0PB20130517
Friday, May 17, 2013 Independent western U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp (TSO.N) may take ownership of BP Plc's (BP.L) 240,000 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/16/us-refinery-sale-tesoro-carson-idUSBRE94F19N20130516
Friday, May 17, 2013 The following table lists planned and unplanned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported b » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/16/refinery-status-hollyfrontier-reports-issues-at-2/
Thursday, May 16, 2013 More Americans than projected filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, which may rai » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-16/jobless-claims-in-u-s-jump-to-highest-level-in-six-weeks.html
Thursday, May 16, 2013 In case you were wondering whether there was really an oil Renaissance happening in Texas, the stat » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/05/16/drilling-rigs-boom-in-texas-and-across-the-us/
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Potential exports and increased transportation and industrial use of natural gas will continue to p » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/05/15/natural-gas-demand-will-push-price-to-5-analyst-says/
Thursday, May 16, 2013 North Dakota’s Bakken, one of the shale formations boosting U.S. oil production to 20-year highs, s » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-15/north-dakota-bakken-crude-output-rises-to-record-in-march.html
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Japan’s economy expanded the most in a year last quarter as consumer spending and export gains outw » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-15/japan-s-economy-grew-more-than-forecast-3-5-in-first-quarter.html
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Oil refining by companies including China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. and PetroChina Co. dropped to » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-16/china-s-gasoline-output-declines-to-six-month-low-on-maintenance
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Glencore Xstrata PLC (GLEN.LN) has appointed the former BP PLC (BP) chief executive Tony Hayward as » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/16/glencore-xstrata-appoints-former-bp-ceo-as-interim-chairman/?utm_source=feedbur...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Colombia, one of the top coal exporters in the world, suffered a drop in coal production in the fir » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/15/colombia-coal-output-drops-21-in-first-quarter-from-year-ago/
Thursday, May 16, 2013 HollyFrontier disclosed that unplanned outages at two of its refineries will reduce its crude throu » http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/3206457/Latest-News/HollyFrontier-reports-problems-at-two-refineries.html
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Brazilian environmental regulators will join state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4 » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/15/brazil-petrobras-regulators-to-appeal-halt-on-refinery-work/
Thursday, May 16, 2013 The International Energy Agency’s reduced forecast for expansion in global refining may temper expe » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-15/iea-s-refinery-growth-cut-seen-curbing-product-tanker-optimism
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said late Tuesd » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/15/brazil-petrobras-order-could-halt-construction-comperj-refinery/
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Industrial production declined in April by the most in eight months, indicating American manufactur » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-15/industrial-production-in-u-s-declines-by-most-in-eight-months.html
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 The agency said that "US coal exports, which had been steadily growing since 2009 on an annual basi » http://www.coalguru.com/north_america/eia_sees_us_coal_exports_falling_from_2012_record/9686
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Houston energy giant Kinder Morgan submitted a proposal to dredge a berth at its Newport News coal » http://www.coalguru.com/north_america/kinder_morgan_plan_to_dredge_newport_news_coal_terminal/9701
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 China's crude steel output hit 65.65 million tonnes in April, down slightly from a record high a mo » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/china-steel-output-idUSL3N0DW3PR20130515
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 The euro zone economy shrank more than expected in the first three months of 2013, official data sh » http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/business/global/germany-france-economic-data.html?_r=0
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 The offices of several firms involved in the oil market have been raided by European Commission off » http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22530379
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Natural gas will increase its share of road transport fuels to 2.5 percent in 2018 from 1.4 percent » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-14/natural-gas-to-make-up-2-5-of-transport-fuel-by-2018-iea-says.html
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 The U.S. shale boom will send “shockwaves” through the global oil trade over the next five years, b » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/05/14/iea-sees-u-s-oil-shockwaves-ousting-opec-as-supply-driver/
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 The aluminum market remains awash with metal, even as the world’s top producer United Co Rusal 0486 » http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/05/14/aluminum-struggles-with-oversupply/
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 U.S. power company AES Corp said its units expect to retire or repower several coal-fired units in » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/13/utilities-aes-coal-idUSL2N0DU1PH20130513
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) took down the crude distillation unit and other equipment during the mainte » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/13/exxon-mobil-torrance-refinery-maintenance-includes-crude-distillation-and-coker/
Monday, May 13, 2013 Federal officials on Friday celebrated the success of a government-backed project in Port Arthur th » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/05/10/port-arthur-project-called-milestone-achievement-for-carbon-capture/
Monday, May 13, 2013 Ormet Corp. (ORMTQ), the operator of an Ohio aluminum smelter, canceled a bankruptcy auction and wi » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-09/ormet-to-sell-assets-to-only-bidder-wayzata-for-221-million
Monday, May 13, 2013 The smelter owner, New Zealand Aluminium Smelters, says it will appeal an Employment Relations Auth » http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/tiwai-point-smelter-losing-millions-every-month-5435679
Monday, May 13, 2013 Traders in the region at that time said Shell had shut the Martinez refinery's delayed coker unit, » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130510-708992.html
Monday, May 13, 2013 Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC; TSX: ECP) announces that its Board of Directors approved » http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/09/5409186/ecopetrol-approves-additional.html#storylink=cpy
Monday, May 13, 2013 At least five refineries in Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean have been reducing output since » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/10/refineries-cut-idUSL6N0DR24120130510
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