Gasoline
Japanese refineries close as the country's petroleum consumption falls
The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts the lowest annual petroleum consumption in Japan in 2024 since at least 1980, in part due to its aging and declining population.
Iran Revolutionary Guards seize two vessels smuggling 4.5 million liters of fuel
Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Navy have seized two vessels smuggling 4.5 million liters of fuel.
Automation technology supports growing demand for green diesel
The search to find alternatives to petroleum-based transportation fuels is nothing new.
OPEC head accuses IEA of vilifying fossil fuel industry
OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais accused the International Energy Agency of vilifying the oil and gas industry, in the latest clash between the groups over climate policy.
China oil demand growth poised to slow to around 4% in H1 2024
China's oil demand growth likely to ease in H1 2024 to around 4% with resurgent consumption from the aviation and petrochemical sectors offset by weaker diesel usage.
US court rejects EPA's decision to withhold small refinery biofuel waivers
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down the Biden administration's decision to deny small refiners "hardship waivers" that exempt them from nation's biofuel mandates, in a win for the refining industry.
U.S. gasoline prices decline amid lower gasoline demand and falling crude oil prices
The retail price of regular gasoline averaged $3.29/gal across the U.S., 10% less than the same time last year.
China October gasoline exports fall 20% on year, diesel shipments up
China's gasoline exports fell 20% in October from a year earlier, as domestic road travel surged during the Golden Week holiday. Jet fuel demand increased, as well.
Industry Primer: What is OPEC+ and how does it impact oil prices?
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, including Russia, are known as OPEC+ and will meet in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 26 to discuss their joint output policy.
Russia lifts gasoline export ban - energy ministry
Russia has lifted restrictions on gasoline exports, the energy ministry said, after scrapping most restrictions on exports of diesel last month, saying there was a surplus of supply while wholesale prices had declined.
- AFPM/API: President Trump officially overturns California (U.S.) gas car ban 6/12
- Decision on oil refiner Italiana Petroli's sale expected around end-June 6/12
- EIA: U.S. crude stocks fall, gasoline and distillate inventories rise as refining activity increases 6/12
- AB Foods holds off bioethanol plant closure decision until June 25 6/12
- EU to subsidize high volume of greener aviation fuel to boost airline demand 6/12
- Solvay, Veolia inaugurate new unit for recycling industrial flue gas treatment residues in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France 6/12
