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Monday, December 2, 2013 Petrobras didn't say how long the distillation unit would be offline, but said the refinery's other » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20131129-707239.html?dsk=y
Monday, December 2, 2013 OPEC, which supplies about 40 percent of the world’s oil, will raise sailings by 700,000 barrels a » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-28/opec-exports-to-increase-on-refinery-demand-oil-movements-says.html
Monday, December 2, 2013 Phillips 66, which operates refineries across California, is moving forward with a plan to build a » http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-crude-terminal-20131127,0,3855016.story#axzz2mKNQuCOU
Monday, December 2, 2013 China's crude steel output rose 8.3 percent year on year to 652.48 million tonnes in the first ten » http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/828385.shtml#.UpyT7sSsh8E
Monday, December 2, 2013 Data this week will probably highlight a divergence in global growth. Employers in the U.S. hired m » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-30/u-s-employment-gain-to-china-factory-slowdown-global-economy.html
Monday, December 2, 2013 According to the India Coal Market Watch (ICMW), the country imported 63.59 mt of thermal coal duri » http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/thermal-coal-imports-rise-28-on-strong-demand/article5398094.ece
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 The United States’ energy use is rebounding after a 2012 dip, with coal consumption leading the way » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/11/26/coal-leads-nations-growing-energy-use/
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 U.S. consumers' confidence in the economy fell in November to the lowest level in seven months, dra » http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/26/consumer-confidence-november/3750751/
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 Indonesia has agreed to pay a Japanese consortium $557 million for their share of Southeast Asia's » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/27/indonesia-inalum-idINL4N0JC1IE20131127
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Indian refiners processed 3.2 percent less oil in October than a year earlier, the first fall since » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/26/india-refinery-output-idINL4N0JB1LF20131126
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 "During the shutdown a 4.8 mtpa (million tonnes per annum) CDU will remain idle for about 15 days," » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/26/india-mrpl-idINL4N0JA1JW20131126
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA is sending less of its crude to its U.S. unit Citgo and s » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/oil-venezuela-us-idUSL2N0J721420131125
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Global metals giant Rio Tinto looks likely to close its ageing aluminium smelter at Gove, in Austra » http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/rio-tinto-looks-ready-close-ageing-gove-smelter-5727243
Monday, November 25, 2013 An increasing number of European oil refineries face early closure as developing nations build thei » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/refineries-europe-idUSL5N0JA1O820131125
Monday, November 25, 2013 China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (386), Asia’s largest refiner, said operations at its “super-large » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-11-24/sinopec-s-qingdao-refinery-disrupted-as-blast-death-toll-rises
Monday, November 25, 2013 India's coking coal imports could see a double-digit percentage increase this fiscal year as a scar » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/india-coal-idINL4N0J51B620131125
Friday, November 22, 2013 The environmental crackdown on the storage of petroleum coke along the Calumet River continued late » http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/23913397-418/city-state-target-another-petcoke-facility-on-southeast-side.html
Friday, November 22, 2013 Russia will flood Europe with diesel and starve it of heavy fuel oil when the country completes a $ » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/russia-refining-europe-idUKL5N0IT20E20131122
Thursday, November 21, 2013 Euro-area manufacturing expanded for a fifth month in November, as Germany continued to drive the 1 » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-21/euro-area-manufacturing-expands-for-a-fifth-month-led-by-germany.html
Thursday, November 21, 2013 Two Chicago aldermen introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would prohibit companies from storing p » http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-ordinance-would-ban-storage-of-petroleum-coke-in-chicago-20131120,0,...
Thursday, November 21, 2013 European refiners are battling to salvage what is poised to be one of their worst years on record, » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/20/europe-refiners-idINL5N0J53OM20131120
Thursday, November 21, 2013 Century Aluminum Sebree LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company CENX -0.92% , K » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/century-big-rivers-and-kenergy-file-definitive-energy-agreements-for-sebree-smelter-with-...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 TransCanada Corp. pushed the start date for its $5.4 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline into 2016, th » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/11/19/transcanada-pushes-keystone-xl-pipeline-start-to-2016/
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 Essar Oil will shut a crude unit and a secondary unit at its 405,000 barrels per day (bpd) Vadinar » http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/essar-oil-to-shut-crudesecondary-units-forweek_993741.html
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 Japan’s major power utilities consumed 16.3% less crude and fuel oil in October than last year, as » http://www.energyglobal.com/news/coal/articles/Japanese_coal_and_LNG_demand_rises_204.aspx#.UozgM9Lkuvg
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 The drilling boom has launched billions of dollars in port construction projects, as well as a roun » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/11/18/eagle-ford-oil-transforming-corpus-christi-port/
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 Colombia, one of the world's top five coal exporters, said Tuesday it will produce less coal this y » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20131119-707299.html?dsk=y
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 According to Mr Benjamin Baptista, president of steel producers' organization Alacero, Latin Americ » http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Latin_American_2013_steel_output_to_drop_on_rise_in_Chinese_imports/328215.html
Monday, November 18, 2013 Prices for crude and oil-based fuels, which have been declining in recent weeks, will continue to f » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/11/13/eia-oil-prices-will-decline-in-2014-as-us-production-soars/
Monday, November 18, 2013 A record 400 shale wells may be drilled beyond U.S. borders in 2014, with most in China and Russia, » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-15/shale-revolution-spreads-with-record-wells-outside-u-s-energy.html
Monday, November 18, 2013 Colombia's coal production from January to September fell to 60 million tonnes, down 11.2 percent f » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/16/coal-colombia-production-idUSCOCOAL20131116
Monday, November 18, 2013 BP Plc (BP.L) has started up a major new coking unit at its Whiting, Indiana, refinery, sources fam » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/14/us-refinery-operations-bp-whtiing-idUSBRE9AD1DN20131114
Monday, November 18, 2013 Latin America is buying more refined products from one of its closest neighbors, the United States, » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/17/oil-latam-imports-idUKL2N0J20FG20131117
Friday, November 15, 2013 Japan's economy slowed in the third quarter as consumer spending remained sluggish despite governme » http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-economy-grows-19-percent-july-sept-20882865
Friday, November 15, 2013 The U.S. has become the world’s fueling station, sending more gasoline, diesel, and other refined p » http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-14/2014-outlook-the-u-dot-s-dot-crude-oil-refinery-to-the-world
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