- China diesel demand may post first fall in over a decade as economy slows
August 07, 2014
China's diesel demand is set to post its first fall in more than a decade this year, sources at the country's top oil majors said, as a sputtering economy takes its toll on key industrial sectors.
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- LNG sellers to chase Japan, South Korea on China-Russia gas deal
May 27, 2014
Liquefied natural gas sellers may face more competitive markets in Japan and South Korea, which together bought more than half of the world’s supply in 2013, after China signed a mega gas deal with Russia.
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- REFILE-Ditching Clunkers, Car Imports Drive Myanmar Oil Demand
May 22, 2014
Myanmar businessman Lay has doubled the number of cars he owns to six in just three years, as reforms in Southeast Asia's poorest country unleash a wave of consumer spending.
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- FGE: Japan likely to see further cuts to refining capacity
May 22, 2014
A 2010 ordinance enacted by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) requiring Japanese refiners to raise their mandatory cracking-to-crude distillation capacity ratio has succeeded in slashing the country’s refining capacity, but f...
- Beijing to Shake Up PetroChina with Pipeline Sale
May 13, 2014
China is shaking up its largest energy company by breaking apart its monopoly on natural-gas pipelines, which for years has discouraged the independent development of promising new supplies of the cleaner-burning fuel.
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