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Holiday effect doesn't fully explain record Chinese imports of crude oil

Chinas record imports of crude oil last month have largely, and correctly, been dismissed by the market as being artificially boosted by restocking before the Lunar New Year holiday. However, there is always the danger that in attributing a......【More】

2014-02-18

Taiwan to import US shale gas from 2017

American shale gas will be imported to Taiwan as early as 2017, our sister paper Commercial Times reported on Feb. 13. A total of 800,000 tons of shale gas will be imported to Taiwan every year from 2017, said Lin Sheng-chung, president of......【More】

2014-02-17

Gas, diesel prices will see no change

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said Wednesday that there will be no change in the prices of gasoline and diesel this time. The price regulatory attributed this to the pricing regime which did not meet the standard. Ac......【More】

2014-02-14

Vietnam and China: A Dangerous Incident

In early January 2014, video of a recent CCTV4 documentary Blue Frontiers Guard appeared online, providing a detailed history of the China Marine Surveillance (CMS) spanning from roughly 2007 up until the present. The documentary, in Chines......【More】

2014-02-13

Jiujiang Petrochemical slashes LPG supply on unit maintenance

Sinopec Jiujiang Petrochemical in central China has reduced daily LPG supply to about 450 tonnes, down by roughly 44% or 350 tonnes because of temporary maintenance at a catalytic unit, a company source said on Monday. The catalytic unit wa......【More】

2014-02-12

N. Korea's crude oil imports from China rise 11.2 pct in 2013

Shipments of crude oil to North Korea from China increased 11.2 percent on-year in 2013, a South Korean government report showed Monday, the latest sign that Beijing still gives Pyongyang access to the vital commodity despite its defiant pu......【More】

2014-02-11

Don't discount Chinese shale-gas boom

DONT write off a Chinese shale gas boom just yet, despite disappointing early results, because the Asian powerhouse will find ways to produce from its vast resources, one of the worlds leading consulting firms, AT Kearney, has warned. And,......【More】

2014-02-10

Oil prices dip as weak figures from China fuel concerns over energy demand

New Yorks main contract, WTI for March delivery, dipped to US$96.9, while Brent North Sea crude for March was dip to US$106.1. Oil prices eased in Asia, as data showing weak Chinese manufacturing activity fuelled concerns over energy demand......【More】

2014-02-08

South Sudan conflict hurting China's oil interests

The damage to Chinas oil interests in South Sudan has been exacerbated by the conflict that recently engulfed the nascent African country, but problems can be traced further back, claims the Guangzhou-based South Reviews. Armed conflict bro......【More】

2014-02-07

BASF, Sinopec begin building China isononanol site

BASF and Chinas Sinopec broke ground Friday on the construction of its world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in the Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone in Maoming, China. At start-up in 2015, the plant, which is the first of its kind i......【More】

2014-01-27