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North Korea’s Potential Missile Threat to Asian Oil Refining Infrastructure

China SignPost™ (洞察中国) Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, “Playing with Fire, Round 2: North Korea’s Potential Missile Threat to Asian Oil Refining Infrastructure”,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国), No. 70 (14 April 2013). …North Korean threats against South Korean economic assets such as refineries would mark a new front in the countries’ conflict. The rising risk of […]

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Drillers vs. Distillers: Ethanol Motor Fuels Should Compete in a Free Market

Gabe Collins, “Drillers vs. Distillers: Ethanol Motor Fuels Should Compete in a Free Market,”,” China Oil Trader™, No. 13 (29 March 2013). It’s time to end the Renewable Fuel Standard, which along other things, mandates that a specified volume of ethanol be included in the U.S. motor gasoline supply. The continuing rapid rise in U.S. […]

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Chinese Oil Traders Will be Big Winners From EU Oil Embargo Against Iran

Gabe Collins, “Chinese Oil Traders Will be Big Winners From EU Oil Embargo Against Iran,” China Oil Trader™, No. 5 (24 June 2012). CHINA’S OIL & GAS SECTOR FROM WELLHEAD TO CONSUMER China’s May 2012 crude oil imports from Iran hit 524,000 bpd, according to the General Administration of Customs. This is the highest level […]

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Chinese Drivers Now Pay Roughly One Dollar More per Gallon for Gasoline than U.S. Drivers Do

Gabe Collins, “Chinese Drivers Now Pay Roughly One Dollar More per Gallon for Gasoline than U.S. Drivers Do,” China Oil Trader™, No. 4 (13 June 2012). INSIGHTFUL AND ACTIONABLE ANALYSIS OF CHINA’S OIL & GAS SECTOR. As U.S drivers hit the summer holiday road and grouse about gasoline prices of roughly US$3.57 per gallon, drivers […]

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China’s Plans to Close “Teapot” Oil Refineries and Liberalize Crude Oil Import Rights Will Impact Global Crude, Fuel Oil, and Tanker Markets

Gabe Collins, “China’s plans to close “teapot” refineries and liberalize crude oil import rights will impact global crude, fuel oil, and tanker markets,” China Oil Trader™, No. 3 (10 June 2012). INSIGHTFUL AND ACTIONABLE ANALYSIS OF CHINA’S OIL & GAS SECTOR. State of play: China’s NDRC aims to close refineries that process less than 40,000 […]

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