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2018-04-02 09:20:00

JAPAN'S OIL IMPORTS DOWN 15%

JAPAN'S OIL IMPORTS DOWN 15%

REUTERS - Japan's crude oil imports last month fell 15.4 percent from a year earlier to 2.99 million barrels per day (13.33 million kilolitres), the lowest for the month of February since 1969, monthly data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) showed on Friday.

Total oil sales last month rose 1.7 percent from a year earlier to 3.55 million barrels per day (bpd), or 15.79 million kilolitres.

Kerosene sales rose nearly 8 percent last month from a year earlier as temperatures were colder than normal, a METI official said.

Japan imported Tapis Blend crude from Malaysia for the first time since 2013, the official said.

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Earlier:

 SAUDIS OIL FOR JAPAN
2018, February, 14, 09:50:00

SAUDIS OIL FOR JAPAN

PLATTS - Saudi Arabia's commitment to the OPEC-led production output cut deal was confirmed with reduced exports to key Asian outlets in 2017, but Japanese imports of Saudi crude jumped to the highest level in 35 years as the kingdom also maintained its flexibility to meet demand whenever there is a need. Japan's crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia rose 9.5% year on year to 1.295 million b/d in 2017, or 40.1% of total imports in the year, and the country's imports of Saudi crude in 2017 were the highest since 1982, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry data.

 

 JAPAN'S LNG MAXIMUM
2018, February, 7, 07:50:00

JAPAN'S LNG MAXIMUM

REUTERS - Japan’s imports of LNG rose to nearly 8.7 million tonnes last month, up 8 percent from December and the largest volume since at least January, 2013, according to ship tracking data on Thomson Reuters Eikon that stretches back five years.

 

 SAUDIS OIL TO JAPAN UP 19.3%
2018, January, 3, 15:45:00

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PLATTS - Japan's crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia rose 19.3% month on month to an average of 1.39 million b/d in November, preliminary data released Thursday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed.

 

 JAPAN'S LPG UP TWICE
2017, December, 22, 22:05:00

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REUTERS - Japan’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports from the United States are expected to double in 2017 to a record and account for around for around half of its total purchases, government and shipping data showed.

 

 JAPAN LNG INVESTMENT
2017, October, 16, 11:35:00

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The Japanese government will offer $10 billion to support firms bidding to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure around Asia, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday.

 

 QATAR - JAPAN LNG TALKS
2017, May, 31, 17:35:00

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Qatar faces rising competition from a tide of new LNG from sources including Australia, which is expected to surpass it as the world's top exporter by 2019.

 

 SAUDI - JAPAN TALKS
2017, March, 14, 18:30:00

SAUDI - JAPAN TALKS

Trade between the countries fell overall last year as oil prices dropped. Japan's 2.1 trillion yen ($18.6 billion) in imports from Saudi Arabia in 2016, mostly oil and gas, dwarfed its exports of 546.3 billion yen ($4.8 billion).

 

 

Tags: JAPAN, OIL, IMPORTS