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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 18, 2018
Asia urged to reduce pricey oil dependency as crude hits $80
The cost of Asia's growing thirst for oil will surpass $1 trillion this year, about twice as much as in 2015 and 2016, as oil prices touch $80 per barrel and continental demand hits a record.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2018
California vows to ban crude from Trump offshore drilling plan
California will block the transport of petroleum from new offshore oil rigs through its state, officials told Reuters, a move meant to hobble the Trump administration's effort to vastly expand drilling in U.S. federal waters.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2017
Attackers blow up Libyan crude pipeline, cutting output by 90,000 barrels per day and sending prices up
Armed men blew up a Libyan pipeline pumping crude oil to Es Sider port on Tuesday, reducing the North African country's output by around 90,000 barrels a day, military and oil sources said.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2015
Fuel-cost drop cuts Tepco bond risk to post-3/11 low
Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s bond risk fell to the lowest since the 2011 tsunami wrecked its Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant, as lower fuel costs buoyed earnings of Japan's utilities.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2015
JX Holdings forecasts first full-year loss after crude oil slump
JX Holdings Inc., which gets about 85 percent of its revenue from refining, is forecasting that it will swing to an annual loss of ¥275 billion, after the slump in crude oil led to lower prices for gasoline and other petroleum products.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2014
As U.S. kicks off crude exports, Iran casts a shadow in Asia
The United States faces an awkward rival in its first attempts in 40 years to export crude oil — Iran.

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