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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Canadian heavy crude differentials have widened with a pair of refinery outages in Alberta having m » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/10/markets-cancrude-idUSN1012639620110510
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 ConocoPhillips' (COP.N) 247,000-barrels-per-day Sweeny, Texas refinery was restarting on Tuesday af » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/10/refinery-operations-conoco-sweeny-idUSN1011341420110510
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Gasoline advanced a second day on concern that flooding along the Mississippi River and refinery sh » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-10/gasoline-gains-on-supply-concern-amid-flooding-refinery-outages.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Oil rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that flooding could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast refining hub » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/10/us-markets-oil-idUSL3E7G601S20110510
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 The Las Brisas Pet Coke Plant, which would burn a byproduct of the oil refining process called petr » http://www.coloradocountycitizen.com/news/article_e8684fc4-7b29-11e0-adc5-001cc4c002e0.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Motiva Enterprise LLC's in Norco, La., is preparing for a possible supply disruption because of ris » http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/05/10/shell-norco-refinery-preparing-supply-disruptions/
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Barge traffic is moving along the Mississippi river although some restrictions have been applied to » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/10/flooding-mississippi-barges-idUSWEN297820110510
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Celanese Corp. (CE) said its technology to make ethanol from coal is more profitable than producing » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-10/celanese-says-ethanol-from-coal-process-is-a-game-changer-1-.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 News that the U.S. economy expanded at an anemic 1.8 percent rate in the first quarter compared wit » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/rerun-of-2010-economic-stall-is-a-long-shot-commentary-by-caroline-baum.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 The German Banking Association (BDB) expects German GDP to grow by just under 3% this year despite » http://www.automatedtrader.net/real-time-news/76720/germany-bank-assn-sees-2011-german-gdp-growth-of-nearly-3
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists lowered their forecasts for Japan's gross domestic product for » http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/09/bloomberg1376-LKYLOL6JIJVM01-5V0QRA31ARE7ICB7PG5EFSEKP2.DTL
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Greece’s money managers are warning of damage to an already crippled economy should European leader » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/greek-fund-industry-head-warns-debt-restructuring-would-devastate-economy.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 China, which relies on coal to produce more than 70 percent of its electricity, may increase import » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-05/china-coal-imports-may-rise-as-drought-saps-hydropower-ubs-says.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Goldman Sachs, which in April predicted last week's major correction in oil prices, said on Friday » http://gulfnews.com/business/oil-gas/goldman-predicts-new-oil-rally-after-current-plunge-1.804587?localLinksEnabled=false&...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. will supply full contracted volumes of crude to Asian refiners in June, accor » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-10/saudi-aramco-to-supply-full-june-oil-volumes-to-asian-refiners.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 U.S. gasoline futures advanced, extending the biggest one-day gain in more than two months, amid co » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-10/u-s-gasoline-extends-gains-as-mississippi-threatens-refineries.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 BTI Bulk Trading International has now gone live with Brady's trading and risk management solution. » http://www.stockmarketwire.com/article/4141980/BTI+Bulk+Trading+goes+live+with+Brady
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 The Mississippi River is holding just below 48 feet in Memphis today as flooding flows south, threa » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-10/mississippi-crests-in-memphis-as-flooding-threat-moves-south-to-refineries.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Environmental groups have challenged in court a decision by a Texas state agency to grant an air pe » http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7558325.html
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Alcoa Inc. (AA) said its Warrick aluminum smelter in Indiana is getting alumina delivered by rail a » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/alcoa-says-warrick-smelter-getting-alumina-delivered-by-rail.html?cmpid=msnmoney
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Gasoline advanced the most since July 2009 on speculation that fuel production and distribution wil » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/gasoline-futures-rise-on-lower-supplies-ahead-of-driving-season.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 French activity in the services grew at a sustained pace in April and is likely to remain dynamic i » http://imarketnews.com/?q=node/30441
Monday, May 9, 2011 The Spanish economy grew just 0.2 percent for the second quarter running during the first three mon » http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/09/eu-spain-financial-crisis/
Monday, May 9, 2011 Turkish industrial production fell 0.3 percent in March from a month earlier, the second consecutiv » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/turkish-industrial-output-declines-as-central-bank-seeks-to-slow-economy.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 UK economic growth will be "patchy and slow" for the rest of 2011 as high inflation and public spen » http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13314975
Monday, May 9, 2011 Middle East crude oils for sale to Asia ended a five-day decline as refining margins for gasoil ros » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/middle-east-crude-oil-rises-on-improving-gasoil-refining-margins.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 Based in Fort Myers, Keystone Industries is a privately held firm that sells coal and petroleum cok » http://jacksonville.com/business/2011-05-09/story/new-talleyrand-terminal-be-used-ship-coal-construction-materials-around
Monday, May 9, 2011 Power-station coal prices at Qinhuangdao port, a benchmark in China, rose for a sixth week to the h » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/china-coal-prices-rise-for-sixth-week-inventories-rebound-1-.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 The Tajikistan Aluminum Company has cut its 2011 production forecast by 18% after determining that » http://www.chinamining.org/News/2011-05-09/1304924571d45203.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) plans to double the capacity of its Ruwais refinery to 900 » http://www.emirates247.com/business/energy/ruwais-refinery-to-raise-output-2011-05-09-1.390613
Monday, May 9, 2011 BP Plc continued restarting units at its 475,000 barrel per day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery o » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN0818841320110508
Monday, May 9, 2011 Qatar's oil minister said he does not expect OPEC to make a "dramatic" decision during the upcoming » http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE7470UO20110508
Monday, May 9, 2011 Oil prices took a steep dive this week, falling by nearly 13 percent. On Tuesday, the spot price fo » http://www.npr.org/2011/05/08/136069839/as-oil-prices-fall-whats-happening-to-gas-prices
Monday, May 9, 2011 Pakistan’s real GDP and population grew almost at the same pace of just over two percent in the cur » http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=45479&Cat=3&dt=5/7/2011
Monday, May 9, 2011 Euro zone growth figures published next week will confirm that the region's economic recovery has c » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/06/ecb-trichet-economy-idUSWEA942220110506
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