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Monday, April 1, 2013 Contact Energy Ltd. (CEN), New Zealand’s largest publicly-traded energy supplier, fell after Meridi » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-27/contact-falls-on-rio-s-n-dot-z-dot-smelter-concerns-wellington-mover
Monday, April 1, 2013 Growth in Asia's manufacturing sector cooled in February as the pace of economic recovery slackened » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/01/economy-global-idUSL4N0BT26220130301
Monday, April 1, 2013 U.S. manufacturing activity expanded last month at its fastest clip in 20 months but Asian factorie » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/01/economy-global-idUSL1N0BT4JN20130301
Monday, April 1, 2013 The piles of petroleum coke on the U.S. side of the Detroit River may shrink in the near future, bu » http://ca.news.yahoo.com/petroleum-coke-could-become-permanent-fixture-112927395.html
Monday, April 1, 2013 Japan is boosting its use of cheaper coal at the expense of oil and LNG to counter a jump in energy » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/japan-coal-idUSL3N0CC1AA20130328
Monday, April 1, 2013 Increased rail shipments of oil from the Eagle Ford Shale drilling and more Mexican auto exports ar » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/03/28/union-pacific-expanding-south-texas-workforce/
Monday, April 1, 2013 Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) won't try to sell its two California refineries, but will instead attempt » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/18/valero-planning-to-hold-on-to-two-california-refineries-ceo/
Monday, April 1, 2013 In a report released late Wednesday, the analysts conclude that there’s a bigger economic boost fro » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/03/28/analysis-bigger-economic-gains-come-from-refining-oil-sands-crude-outside-of-canada/
Monday, April 1, 2013 Prices for Canadian crude oil are likely to remain volatile through the end of the decade, accordin » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/03/27/more-volatility-ahead-for-canadian-crude/
Thursday, March 28, 2013 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) will spend $1 billion developing China’s shale gas reserves, according » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/03/26/shell-plans-to-spend-1-billion-on-china-shale-gas-development/
Thursday, March 28, 2013 The European Union’s executive started a debate today on EU climate and energy rules as the crisis- » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-27/eu-to-start-debate-on-energy-climate-rules-amid-crisis.html
Thursday, March 28, 2013 Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s biggest crude exporter, also expects to become the top producer » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-26/saudi-aramco-to-become-world-s-top-oil-refiner-al-falih-says.html
Thursday, March 28, 2013 Oil demand may reach a plateau worldwide by the end of the decade as cars, trucks, railroad engines » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/03/28/oil-demand-plateau-seen-as-natural-gas-favored/
Thursday, March 28, 2013 Chevron struck oil in a well drilled more than 6 miles deep in a new field off the coast of Louisia » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/03/25/chevron-finds-oil-more-than-6-miles-below-sea-level/
Thursday, March 28, 2013 West Texas Intermediate crude rose to a five-week high after a government report showed that U.S. r » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-27/wti-oil-falls-after-u-s-inventories-climb.html
Thursday, March 28, 2013 Australian thermal coal benchmark prices continued to slide this week and were just above $90 a ton » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/coal-asia-idUSL3N0CK89D20130328
Thursday, March 28, 2013 Oil produced on the Gulf Coast strengthened against domestic benchmark West Texas Intermediate afte » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-27/gulf-crudes-gain-as-padd-3-refinery-inputs-set-seasonal-high.html
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Gains in housing and manufacturing propelled the nation’s economy over the winter, according to rep » http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/business/economy/orders-for-durable-goods-jump.html?_r=0
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Spain's economy will sink deeper into recession this year, the Bank of Spain said on Tuesday, sendi » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/26/spain-economy-idUSL5N0CI1C020130326
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Bathinda refinery, the privately held refinery of Hindustan Petroleum and Lakshmi Mittal, is likely » http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_hpcl-mittal-go-slow-on-refinery-expansion_1815353
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Rio de Janeiro, Mar 26 (EFE).- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vowed that a refinery in the nort » http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/130326/refinery-will-be-completed-brazils-president-says
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Eskom sells 9% of its electricity to BHP Billiton's two aluminium smelters at less than one-fifth o » http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-industrials/eskom-consumers-funding-bhps-power
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Appendix 1 shows that the current total average rate for electricity supply (including all energy, » http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-soapbox/analysis-of-eskoms-special-electricity-pricing-dea
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC) began planned maintenance yesterday on a crude unit, coker and gofiner at » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-25/holly-el-dorado-said-to-begin-turnaround-on-crude-unit-coker
Monday, March 25, 2013 The nation's two top steelmakers told a congressional hearing on the health of the industry that ex » http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3703788-74/gas-steel-natural#axzz2OZ8qh4Vg
Monday, March 25, 2013 Having smoothed over differences with two key creditors, aluminum smelter Ormet Corporation submitt » http://www.steelguru.com/metals_news/Bankrupt_aluminum_smelter_melts_opposition_to_USD_90_million_DIP/306653.html
Monday, March 25, 2013 In February 2013, China imported significantly less metallurgical coal of 5.4 million metric tonne, » http://marketrealist.com/2013/03/china-coking-coal-imports-fell-in-february-market-likely-priced-in/
Monday, March 25, 2013 "The ability to drill these long-reach horizontal wells into reservoirs we could never reach before » http://www.nbcnews.com/business/power-shift-energy-boom-dawning-america-1C8830306
Monday, March 25, 2013 The boom in new oil and natural gas flowing through U.S. pipelines is beginning to ripple through t » http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economywatch/energy-boom-begins-ripple-through-us-economy-1C8877092
Monday, March 25, 2013 Power-station coal stockpiles at China’s largest port for the fuel rose to the highest level in 32 » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-25/china-thermal-coal-supplies-rise-to-32-week-high-as-price-slides.html
Monday, March 25, 2013 "The world will burn around 1.2 billion more tons of coal per year by 2017 compared to today -- equ » http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-57575611/coal-is-booming-just-not-in-the-u.s/
Monday, March 25, 2013 45 days of major turnaround scheduled in 2014; 70% of units involved. Remaining 30% will undergo ma » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-husky-expects-to-finish-lima--2--20130322-00394#.UVA_1RfYjSg
Friday, March 22, 2013 Geography has presented obstacles to generations of Chinese planners. From the ancient Grand Canal » http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-21/on-chinas-electricity-grid-east-needs-west-for-coal
Friday, March 22, 2013 The Guru Gobind Singh refinery at Bathinda was running successfully with production of 1,80,000 bar » http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Bathinda/Bathinda-refinery-running-successfully-HPCL/SP-Article1-1029830.aspx
Friday, March 22, 2013 The 500-MW power project using petcoke to be produced by the BPCL Kochi Refinery, after the complet » http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article1511432.ece
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