Middle East crude oils surged on expectations of better refining profits after Saudi Arabia reduced its official selling prices.
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Oil pulled back in Asia on Friday as regional stock markets eased and investors awaited a US report on unemployment which could give fresh clues on the health of the recession-hit economy.
Victor Shum, senior principal at energy consultancy Purvin and Gertz in Singapore, stated:
Oil is retreating a bit and that’s not surprising considering that Asian [...]
Asian imports of West African crude oil were expected to reach 1.62 million barrels per day in August, trade sources said on Thursday, the highest monthly volume since March 2006 as per Reuters data.
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Asian imports of West African crude oil were expected to reach 1.62 million barrels per day
in August, trade sources said on Thursday, the highest monthly volume since March 2006 as per Reuters data.
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Asia’s top refiner Sinopec Corp. declared that it has processed 86.9 million tonnes of crude oil, or 3.5 million barrels per day, in the first half of this year, up 1.82 percent from a year earlier.
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Asia’s top oil and gas company PetroChina has commenced an expansion of its Liaoyang refinery in northeastern China to prepare for more oil imports from Russia.
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India’s Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. has issued a tender to purchase 650,000 barrels of crude oil for Sept. 1-15 loading.
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The Asia-Pacific crude market surged on Friday after Indian Oil Corp bought a cargo of Kikeh crude for September loading, the first cargo of any Malaysian grades IOC has purchased via tender in four months.
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Vietnam will halt term exports of its flagship Bach Ho crude next quarter as it diverts supplies to its first major refinery, further tightening the Asia-Pacific market.
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Oil prices surged in Asian trade Thursday, getting a lift from a bigger-than-expected dip in US crude reserves.
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Saturday, August 8, 2009