Tokyo (Platts) -- 27Oct2008 -- The premium for South Korean 380 CST bunker fuel over Singapore cargoprices rose to a record high of $83.91/mt Friday on tight supplies in thecountry, Platts data showed. Platts assessed South Korea...

Auckland (Platts) -- 27Oct2008 -- TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp, a US based explorer and developer of crude oil and natural gas properties in Morocco, Turkey and Romania plans to make an off-market takeover offer for Australia's Incremental...

Hong Kong (Platts) -- 27Oct2008 -- China's apparent petroleum demand in September slipped to 29.42 millionmt, a 5.5% drop over August's 31.13 million mt, according to Platts estimatesbased on recent figures released by the Chinese government....

Auckland (Platts) -- 27Oct2008 -- Australian junior oil and gas company Horizon Oil has identified apotentially sizeable market for power in the Western Province of Papua NewGuinea and across the border in West Papua that could account...

Sydney (Platts) -- 27Oct2008 -- BHP Billiton Petroleum has outstanding growth options in Australia, whereit has five major projects in execution or feasibility and another five underassessment for the future, according to presentation...

Tokyo (Platts) -- 26Oct2008 -- Japan's three largest shippers all reported Monday significantly higherprofits for the first half of fiscal 2008-2009 (April-March). Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, also known as the NYK Line, reported...

The price of a barrel of oil directly affects levels of investment in the oil industry to global demand figures for crude and everything in between. This week however oil prices are set to play a s

... U.S. economic-rescue plans continued to buy the metal for its safe-haven appeal. Stocks and crude-oil futures, meanwhile, lost ground despite better-than-expected U.S. retail sales data for January, suggesting investors' lack ...

... gold was down $3.10 from New York, at $938.50 a troy ounce. March Nymex crude oil futures were 22 cents higher at $37.73 a barrel on Globex, adding to a 10.4% ...

... API gravity around 38 to 39, so it's considered a light crude. The NYMEX crude oil futures contract also calls for crude with not less than 37 degrees API gravity nor ...