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Oil falls to three-month low as virus spread raises demand fear

Houston Chronicle


(Bloomberg) — Oil tumbled to the lowest in more than three months on fears China’s deadly coronavirus will hit demand in a market that already has plentiful supply.

Futures plunged more than 3% as China reported an increase …

January 27, 2020 - 10:30 am China, Closing Bell Story‎, Commodity Pricing, Crude Oil News
Source: CNBC

Oil drops the most since May on fears coronavirus will hit growth

CNBC


Oil is on track for its worst week since May as the coronavirus outbreak continues to pressure prices.

A slowdown in China’s economy would impact demand because China is the world’s largest crude oil importer, after importing a record

Source: Reuters

Oil falls below $61, heads for weekly loss on China virus concerns

Reuters


LONDON – Oil extended losses on Friday to trade below $61 a barrel, heading for a weekly decline as concern that the coronavirus in China may spread, curbing travel and oil demand, outweighed the impact of cuts to supply.…

Gulf Resources, Inc. Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Shareholder Approval Requirements

Gulf Resources, Inc. Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Shareholder Approval Requirements

January 24, 2020 - 8:30 am China, Press Releases
Source: Reuters

Oil steadies as Chinese economy offsets trade optimism

Reuters


NEW YORK – Oil prices steadied on Friday as sluggish economic growth in China, the world’s biggest crude importer, raised concerns over fuel demand and countered optimism from the signing of a China-U.S. trade deal.

Brent crude LCOc1 futures …

January 17, 2020 - 3:00 pm China, Closing Bell Story‎, Commodity Pricing, Energy News, Finance
Source: Houston Chronicle

Oil has nearly made back week’s losses

Houston Chronicle


Oil erased most of its loss for the week, as the price gain after the signing of the U.S.-China trade agreement offset signs that supplies remain plentiful.

 

The phase-one deal committed Beijing to $52.4 billion in additional …

Source: Houston Chronicle

China invests $600 million into Mexico’s Dos Bocas refinery

Houston Chronicle


Plans to build a new $8 billion refinery in Mexico got a boost from the Chinese government.

During a Monday morning event in Mexico City, China’s ambassador to Mexico Zhu Qingqiao announced that the Bank of China and the …

January 14, 2020 - 10:00 am China, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Source: Reuters

China issues first 2020 fuel export quotas, up 53% from year ago

Reuters


SINGAPORE – China has raised the volumes of its first batch of 2020 fuel export quotas by 53% from a year earlier to 27.99 million tonnes, according to a document from the Ministry of Commerce that was reviewed by …

Source: Houston Chronicle

Oil set for strongest year since 2016 on OPEC cuts, trade truce

Houston Chronicle


Oil in New York headed for its biggest annual increase since 2016, as OPEC’s production cuts tempered supplies while a trade pact between the U.S. and China buoyed the outlook for demand.

West Texas Intermediate futures have climbed …

December 31, 2019 - 11:00 am China, Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, OPEC
Recon Technology Announces 1-for -5 Reverse Stock Split

Recon Technology Announces 1-for -5 Reverse Stock Split

Recon Technology Announces 1-for -5 Reverse Stock Split

December 26, 2019 - 11:00 am China, Finance, International, Press Releases
Source: Reuters

Oil set for third weekly rise despite Friday fall

Reuters


LONDON – Oil prices fell on Friday, but were set for a third straight weekly gain after the easing of U.S.-China trade tensions, which has boosted business confidence and the outlook for global economic growth.

Brent LCOc1 was down …

Source: Reuters

Factbox: How China tariffs on U.S. commodities, energy stand after ‘phase one’ trade deal

Reuters


BEIJING/SINGAPORE  – China and the United States have agreed terms of a “phase one” trade deal under which Washington reduced some tariffs and Beijing canceled retaliatory duties that were previously scheduled to take effect on Dec. 15.

Before Sunday’s …

December 16, 2019 - 2:30 pm China, Closing Bell Story‎, International, Uncategorized
China sets up national pipeline firm in major energy revamp

China sets up national pipeline firm in major energy revamp

Bloomberg


China Sets Up National Pipeline Firm in Major Energy Revamp oilandgas360

China announced the creation of its long-planned national oil and gas pipeline company, officially kicking off one of its biggest energy revamps aimed at helping supply keep pace with swelling demand.

The move marks a “key step” in China’s …

December 10, 2019 - 8:00 am China, Closing Bell Story‎, Pipeline News
A man working in a filling station of Sinopec, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, in Shanghai, China, on March 22, 2018.
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Oil slips as weak China exports highlight trade war impact

CNBC


 

Oil prices fell on Monday after data showed Chinese exports declined for a fourth straight month, sending jitters through a market already concerned about damage to global demand by the trade war between Washington and Beijing.

Brent futures …

December 9, 2019 - 1:05 am China, Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News
The world’s Top 10 carbon dioxide emitters

The world’s Top 10 carbon dioxide emitters

Forbes


Over the next two weeks, representatives from 200 countries are convening for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid. The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP) is tasked with making sure the …

December 4, 2019 - 3:30 pm China, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Source: Houston Chronicle

Oil steadies on signs of trade-talks progress, stockpile drop

Houston Chronicle


Oil steadied on signs of progress in trade talks between the U.S. and China, and estimates that American crude inventories retreated for the first time in five weeks.

Futures traded little changed near $58 a barrel in New …

Source: AP

Dilemma for oil refiners as surging ship costs kill margins

Source: Houston Chronicle


Oil refiners hoping for some fourth-quarter gravy are facing disappointment as surging freight rates inflate the cost of buying crude.

U.S. sanctions on Chinese shipping companies and Friday’s attack on an Iranian tanker have turbo-charged transport costs, …

October 15, 2019 - 8:32 am China, Closing Bell Story‎, International
Trump says US has come to a substantial phase one deal with China

Trump says US has come to a substantial phase one deal with China

Source: CNBC


The U.S. has come to a “very substantial phase one deal” with China in the high-stakes trade negotiations between the two economic superpowers, President Donald Trump said Friday.

“Phase two will start almost immediately” after the first phase …

October 11, 2019 - 3:00 pm China, Closing Bell Story‎, Economy, International, People
U.S. sanctions hit global oil fleet as traders shun nearly 300 tankers

U.S. sanctions hit global oil fleet as traders shun nearly 300 tankers

Source: Reuters


MEXICO CITY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Nearly 300 oil tankers globally have been placed off limits as companies fear violating U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, driving freight rates to new highs, industry sources said.

The move has taken roughly …

REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

Oil eases on concerns over U.S.-China talks, weak economic data

Source: Reuters:


Oil prices slid on Tuesday as Washington’s blacklisting of more Chinese companies dampened hopes for a trade deal between the two countries, though unrest in Iraq and Ecuador lent some support to crude prices.

Both Brent crude …

October 8, 2019 - 10:35 am China, Closing Bell Story‎, Economy, International
Novatek in talks on LNG transhipment after U.S. sanctions China COSCO tankers

Novatek in talks on LNG transhipment after U.S. sanctions China COSCO tankers

Source: Reuters:


Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Novatek is in talks to tranship its Yamal cargoes in Norway or Russia’s Murmansk because it is unsure of the impact of U.S. sanctions on the Chinese COSCO tankers it uses, …

October 8, 2019 - 9:52 am China, Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News
An oil pump is seen just after sunset outside Saint-Fiacre, near Paris, France September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Oil prices drop as hopes fade for comprehensive U.S.-China trade deal

Source: Reuters


Oil prices settled lower on Monday, paring earlier gains as hopes of a comprehensive U.S.-China trade deal faded and a new poll showed analysts expected U.S. oil crude inventories to have risen last week.

Brent crude LCOc1 settled …

October 7, 2019 - 2:45 pm China, Closing Bell Story‎, Politics & Opinions
Sempra Energy to sell its Peruvian business to China Yangtze for $3.59 billion

Sempra Energy to sell its Peruvian business to China Yangtze for $3.59 billion

Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its equity interests in its Peruvian businesses, including its 83.6% stake in Luz del Sur S.A.A. (Luz del Sur), to China Yangtze …

Canadian company ships solid oil sands bitumen to Chinese refinery

Canadian company ships solid oil sands bitumen to Chinese refinery

Source: Reuters


Canadian company ships solid oil sands bitumen to Chinese refinery - oil and gas 360

A Canadian company has loaded a test cargo of solid bitumen onto a vessel destined for a refinery in China, the latest effort by the energy industry to avoid congested export pipelines and find new ways to export …

September 26, 2019 - 2:14 pm Canada, China, Closing Bell Story‎, International, Oil Sands
Caught in Tariff War, Sinopec Seeks Waiver for Imported U.S. Oil: Sources

Caught in Tariff War, Sinopec Seeks Waiver for Imported U.S. Oil: Sources

From Reuters


China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, is seeking a tariff exemption for U.S. oil being imported in coming months, sources familiar with the matter said, after Beijing late last week imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, including …

Oil Falls 1% as U.S.-Iran Optimism Faces U.S.-China Trade Deal Hopes

Oil Falls 1% as U.S.-Iran Optimism Faces U.S.-China Trade Deal Hopes

From Reuters


Oil prices fell 1% on Monday on the outlook for increased supply of Iranian crude after France’s president lifted hopes for a deal between Washington and Tehran, but losses were limited by optimism surrounding a U.S.-China trade deal.…

Oil Spills Into U.S.-China Trade War, Prices Slump

Oil Spills Into U.S.-China Trade War, Prices Slump

From Reuters


China on Friday said it would impose tariffs on U.S. crude oil imports for the first time, sending prices down nearly 4% to two-week lows as the escalating bilateral trade war fed worries over a slowdown in global …

Trump Calls on U.S. Firms to Exit China as Trade War Escalates

Trump Calls on U.S. Firms to Exit China as Trade War Escalates

From Reuters


President Donald Trump on Friday pressured U.S. companies to leave China after Beijing unveiled retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. goods, stoking fears their escalating trade war will tip the global economy into recession.

Trump, who has …

Trade War Impasse Casts a ‘Dark Cloud’ Over Outlook for US Oil Shipments, Analysts Warn

Trade War Impasse Casts a ‘Dark Cloud’ Over Outlook for US Oil Shipments, Analysts Warn

From CNBC


An escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies is negatively impacting the outlook for U.S. crude shipments, energy analysts have warned, amid fears that China could soon dramatically reduce its intake of American oil.

Trade tensions …

Oil Soars Near 5% as U.S. Delays Tariffs on Some Chinese Goods

Oil Soars Near 5% as U.S. Delays Tariffs on Some Chinese Goods

From Reuters


Oil prices on Tuesday jumped by the most so far this year after the United States said it would delay imposing a 10% tariff on certain Chinese products, easing concerns over a global trade war that has pummeled …