Trading houses positioning for China demand Import tax on LCO may shift China’s demand to gasoil Premiums of Russia’s ESPO Blend crude rose to multi-month highs in the current month Continue Reading
A new poll suggests the United States could be on track to vaccinate at least 70 percent of the adult population against Covid-19 by this summer. In the latest survey by the Continue Reading
This year China’s government has been gradually ramping up scrutiny of its sprawling oil industry, reinforcing its authority with new taxes on refined products while investigating crude imports by state Continue Reading
Immunity to the coronavirus lasts at least a year, possibly a lifetime, improving over time especially after vaccination, according to two new studies. The findings may help put to rest Continue Reading
Huizhou Baizhan Glass Co. factory in Guangdong. Sign up for Next China , a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it’s going next. Eric Li’s factory Continue Reading
A new surge of interest has revived the lab-leak theory. Well over a year since a novel coronavirus began to spread in Wuhan, the idea that the deadly outbreak could be Continue Reading
The source of the coronavirus that has left more than 3 million people dead around the world remains a mystery. But in recent months the idea that it emerged from the Wuhan Institute Continue Reading
China’s strong economic momentum eased slightly in May, as surging raw material prices squeezed profits, businesses turned more cautious and property and car sales underperformed. That’s the outlook of an Continue Reading
Around 2.5 mil mt cargo to be discharged in May Refiners may continue imports by re-allocating tax cost Heavy crude to be in favor China’s bitumen blend imports — which Continue Reading
U.S. intelligence agencies are examining reports that researchers at a Chinese virology laboratory were seriously ill in 2019 a month before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, according to Continue Reading
