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U.S. Shale Gas Boom Brings Bad News for Europe's Oil Refiners

26.07.2012 - European oil refiners are set to lose a vital export market because the U.S. petrochemical industry is shifting away from reliance on oil products, notably naphtha, and using cheap...

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Shale Oil Bonanza to Cost Refiners Billions

19.07.2012 - America's shale oil boom is great news for U.S. industry, jobs and consumers, but it could cost global refiners billions. Banking on rising demand for transport fuels, oil...

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OPEC Sees 2013 Oil Demand Growth Slowing

12.07.2012 - World oil demand growth will slow in 2013 from the already weak 2012, OPEC said on Wednesday, citing Europe's debt worries, a faltering U.S economic recovery and deceleration of...

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After Motiva Glitch, No Let-up Yet in Saudi-US Oil Sales

09.07.2012 - Saudi Arabia maintained crude oil shipments to the United States in June near their highest level since 2008, data showed, despite a serious glitch that has crippled its newly...

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Caustic Vapors Wreaked Quiet Ruin on Biggest US Refinery

25.06.2012 - In the end, all it took was a small chemical spill -- perhaps less than a barrelful -- to bring down the newest, mightiest oil refinery in the United States. Three weeks ago, while...

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Texas Refinery Crisis Rattles Saudi Oil Export Drive

21.06.2012 - Saudi Arabia's unexpected surge in oil exports to the United States this year has fallen into question following a deepening crisis this month at the kingdom's jointly owned and...

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Iraq Kurdistan Sees More Oil Deals with Majors Soon

19.06.2012 - Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan expects more oil majors to follow Exxon Mobil in the next few months in striking deals in the region, where oil shipments will resume, its natural...

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CNOOC Starts Building $1.6 Billion Taizhou Crude Facility

18.06.2012 - CNOOC, China's third-largest state-run refiner, has started building a 60,000-barrel-per-day crude processing facility in eastern China, to boost its still nascent refining and...