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India's 2016 Iran oil imports hit record high

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India's annual oil imports from Iran surged to a record high in 2016 as some refiners resumed purchases after the lifting of sanctions against Tehran, according to ship tracking data and a report compiled by Thomson Reuters Oil Research and Forecasts.

Saudi keeps Feb oil exports steady to most buyers in Asia; cuts India, Malaysia

DUBAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Saudi Arabia has cut February term crude supplies to refiners in India and Southeast Asia, seeking to comply with an OPEC deal, but it has held most of its exports to the rest of Asia steady for a second month, industry sources said on Wednesday.

China's CNPC forecasts record oil demand, warns on product glut

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China's crude oil demand will grow by 3.4% this year to a record of almost 12 MMbpd, the country's top state-owned oil producer forecast on Thursday, as refiners in the world's second-biggest oil user ramp up output.

Linde to supply methane, hydrogen to Evonik's methionine complex in Singapore

SINGAPORE -- Linde Gas Singapore, a member of technology company The Linde Group, announced that it has signed a long-term contract to supply methane and hydrogen to Evonik Methionine SEA's second world-scale methionine complex in Singapore (Me6). Linde is already supplying a range of gases to Evonik's first methionine complex in Singapore (Me5) through its on-site gases facility, which began operations in 2014.

Saudi cuts Feb oil exports to some buyers in India, Malaysia to meet OPEC deal

DUBAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Saudi Arabia has cut February term crude supplies to refiners in India and Southeast Asia, seeking to comply with an OPEC deal, but it has held most of its exports to the rest of Asia steady for a second month, industry sources said on Wednesday.

Iraq gives full February crude supply to three Asia, Europe buyers despite OPEC cut

(Reuters) -- Iraq, OPEC's second-largest oil producer, has given full supply allocations of Basra crude to three refiners in Asia and Europe for February, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

India's 2016 fuel sales growth highest in at least 16 years

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India's fuel demand in 2016 grew at its highest pace in at least 16 years as low oil prices for most of the year boosted demand for gasoline and aviation fuels.

Rosneft to supply extra 70 MMt of oil to China from 2017-2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russian state oil company Rosneft and China's CNPC have signed an agreement to increase by 70 MMt the amount of crude oil Rosneft will supply to China via Kazakhstan over the period from Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2023.

Indonesia lowers sulfur content of subsidized diesel

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Indonesia has lowered the sulfur content of its subsidized diesel in line with a global shift to move towards using cleaner fuel to curb pollution.

S. Korea's S-Oil to sell $1B diesel, naphtha, jet fuel to Saudi Aramco

SEOUL, Jan 5 (Reuters) - South Korea's S-Oil, the country's third-largest refiner, has signed a deal to sell a combined $1 billion of diesel, naphtha and jet fuel this year to Saudi Aramco, its biggest shareholder.