Asia/Pacific
Singapore's middle distillates stocks stable; gasoil net exports slip for second week
Singapore's middle distillates inventories remained above 9 million barrels, official data showed, as net gasoil exports slipped for the second straight week, and jet fuel/kerosene net exports also fell.
Indian chemicals maker Epigral expects revenue from newer CPVC products to surge this year
Indian chemicals maker Epigral will keep diversifying its business and expects the share of revenue from new products to expand significantly this year.
India's ONGC willing to wait to regain oil from Russian project
India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp wants to eventually receive a share of crude from a Russian project it partly owns but is willing to wait because Russian oil is hard to ship right now.
China's fuel oil imports ease for second straight month in August
China's fuel oil imports retreated for a second consecutive month in August, data from the General Administration of Customs showed.
Russia remains China's top oil supplier in August, sales up 26%
Russia maintained its spot as China's top crude oil supplier in August, Chinese government data showed, even as discounts on Russian crude continued to narrow and Moscow cut exports.
Why the volatile South Caucasus is important for oil and gas supplies
Azerbaijan is trying to take back control of Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway territory controlled by ethnic Armenians, in the latest escalation of a decades-old conflict.
Russia and China to build oil transshipment complex for $686 MM
Russia's United Oil and Gas-Chemical Co. and China's Xuan Yuan Industrial Development have agreed to jointly invest $686 MM in construction of a transshipment oil complex in Russia's far east.
Pakistan raises petrol, diesel prices by record amount
Pakistan announced a record rise in petrol and diesel prices, the second big increase in two weeks for the South Asian nation that is already struggling with high inflation.
China's diesel exports surge in August, have nearly tripled so far in 2023
China's diesel exports in August surged from a year earlier and have nearly tripled so far in 2023 compared to the same time a year ago, data showed, as refiners take advantage of strong regional refining margins to ship fuel overseas.
PT Pertamina International chooses Topsoe technology at Cilacap facility in Indonesia
Topsoe has been selected by PT KPI as a technology licensor to provide its HydroFlex technology for the production of renewable fuels at the Cilacap Refinery Complex in Central Java, Indonesia.

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