CHINA: Oil self-sufficiency declines as consumption grows, domestic production and reserves falter

(EnergyAsia, August 28 2017, Monday) — With oil prices seemingly stuck in the US$40-to-$50 a barrel range, China has been in a hurry to import crude at increasingly higher high rates. Chinese crude imports rose to an all-time high of 9.2 million b/d in March, compared with 7.6 million b/d for all of 2016, according…

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CHINA: Will strong demand growth trigger another global oil price hike?

(EnergyAsia, August 25 2017, Friday) — More than three years into the global energy price collapse, complacent consumers could be ripe for another shock from “substantially higher oil prices” in the next few years, according to two economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco….

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CHINA: Crude oil output on course to fall in 2017 after 5.1% decline in first-half

(EnergyAsia, August 22 2017, Tuesday) — China’s crude oil production is on course to decline for the second consecutive year after registering a higher-than-expected fall of 5.1% in the first half of 2017 over the same period of 2016….

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