Tuesday 18th November, 02:12 PM JST OSAKA — Junichi Tazawa received visits from Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers scouts Monday, with both teams formally expressing interest in acquiring the highly touted amateur fastballer....
TOKYO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Nippon Oil Corp said on Tuesday it aims to halt operations of its 420,000 tonnes per year paraxylene production unit at its Oita refinery by the end of the month due to negative margins and sluggish...
TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Nippon Oil Corp, Japan's biggest oil refiner, will halt operations at its 110,000 barrels-per-day crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Mizushima refinery for about a month from Nov. 14 due to slow...
TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average rose 3.8 percent and the broader TOPIX was 2.5 percent higher as of 0127 GMT on Friday. The following stocks were on the move: **ENERGY SHARES CLIMB AFTER OIL RISES ON...
TOKYO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Nippon Oil Corp, Japan's biggest refiner, is likely to cut its three-year capital investment plan by nearly a quarter, pressured by the global economic slowdown, the Sankei newspaper reported on...
Tokyo (Platts) --10 Nov 2008 -- [Oil] Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil restarted Sunday a 110,000 b/d crude distillation unit at its 240,000 b/d Chiba refinery in eastern Japan after turnaround, a company official said Monday. The...
By ANGELA MACDONALD-SMITH BLOOMBERG NEWS Interest from liquefied natural gas buyers in fuel from Exxon Mobil Corp.’s $11 billion venture in Papua New Guinea remains strong even amid the global financial crisis, according to Oil...
Tokyo (Platts) --07 Nov 2008 -- [Oil] Japan Energy will hike its spot oil products exports 163.2% year-on-year to 500,000 kiloliters (3.14 million barrels) over October-December, while maintaining its planned crude run rates...
Tokyo (Platts) --06 Nov 2008 -- [Oil] Japan's average retail price for regular unleaded gasoline was Yen 141.0/liter ($5.40/gallon) November 4, down Yen 10.3/liter or 6.8% from Yen 151.3/liter a week ago, according to data...