Japan Energy Corp, the nation’s sixth-biggest oil refiner, declared that it plans to cut its crude oil processing volumes for July-September by 9 percent from a year earlier due to slow domestic demand. For full story, click here
Indian Oil Corp., the nation’s biggest refiner, will raise spending 23 percent to boost capacity even as it borrows more to cover losses from selling fuels below the cost of crude oil. For full story, click here
India’s year-old advice of an oil price band to reduce volatility in the crude oil market has won the backing of Nigeria, Russia, France, Japan, South Korea and the US, but experts say the proposal may be difficult to implement in the absence of a broader agreement between oil producing and consuming nations. For full [...]
Wednesday, June 24, 2009