Archive for July, 2008

Get ready for next rally in Oil

Although crude is sliding down from its recent highs, long term forces will soon come into play to trigger next huge rally in oil. For full story, click here

Valero hit by high oil prices

Valero energy has been hit by the rising cost of crude as it has soared faster than the price of retail gasoline. The company was quoted as saying: Weaker margins on gasoline were partially offset by substantially higher margins on distillate products such as diesel and jet fuels, which are seeing strong global demand, and improved differentials [...]

Nippon sees August refining down

Nippon Oil Corp reported that it plans to refine less crude oil in August by 2%, as compared to the the refining done in the same period last year, due to slow domestic oil demand and high gasoline inventories. For full news, click here