http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/refinery Blog Articles Tagged with 'refinery' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148667?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way TolstoyWell this is an interesting little fable of modern family life, even if all the families involved may not be ones which many of my readers would normally wish to... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:17:16 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1148667?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1146932?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery This spring I reviewed Robert Bryce's book, Gusher of Lies, a thorough debunking of the notion that America could or should become energy independent any time soon. In a provocative article in Slate, he has connected the dots between our steadily r... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:05:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1146932?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145095?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery After a very tough year, a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel is starting to glow for Imperial Sugar (IPSU), as a slew of positive developments have begun to materialize. The company is slowly, but surely, making progress in its rebuilding a... Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:01:01 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145095?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1144560?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Crude oil futures elbowed their way above $62 Friday on the back of rising stock markets, Bloomberg reports. Longer-term, expect pricier oil, insists the IEA. The world must somehow find and produce an additional 64 million barrels a day of oil to re... Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:39:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1144560?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141000?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery By Brad Zigler The petroleum complex nosed higher in Tuesday's overnight trading, mainly on technical short covering, as traders readied themselves for the Energy Department's weekly oil inventory report. Calls made by upstairs analysts for a 1.6 ... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:26:27 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141000?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1141041?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery By Brad Zigler The petroleum complex nosed higher in Tuesday's overnight trading, mainly on technical short covering, as traders readied themselves for the Energy Department's weekly oil inventory report. Calls made by upstairs analysts for a 1.6 ... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:26:27 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1141041?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1139808?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Can falling oil and gasoline prices be bad news? They can be for refinersand that could come back to bite American drivers just as gas prices are coming back to earth.Sticker shock (AP)Oil prices have fallen so far, so fast that turning crude oil int... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:38:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1139808?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1137799?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery By Brad ZiglerIf you were surprised by the Tampa Bay Ray's elevation to the World Series, you should know that some things are immutable. One of them is the batting average of oil analysts in forecasting the weekly oil inventory numbers published by ... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:59:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1137799?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1132019?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery A decrease in supply leads to an increase in price (The priciest gas ...):Nation, you d have to drive a long way today to Alaska or (glub,glub) Hawaii to find gas more expensive than it is right here inNorth Carolina.We have the priciest ga... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:47:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1132019?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1131900?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Anyone thinking that oil would remain impervious to the financial uncertainties sweeping the globe received two wake-up calls in yesterday's energy futures market. It wasn't just that oil closed down by over $6 per barrel; the November gasoline futu... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:13:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1131900?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1129912?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Alcoa (AA) is the world's third largest producer of aluminum and the leading producer of alumina, a white granular material that is chemically defined as aluminum oxide. The Pittsburgh corporation's refinery operation in Western Australia is capable ... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:26:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1129912?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1128355?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery An insightful report in the Financial Times ascribes the recent rise in oil prices above $100 to the far greater than expected losses of oil production in the Gulf from hurricane damage. As the report also mentions, oil prices have risen despite so... Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:17:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1128355?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1128358?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery An insightful report in the Financial Times ascribes the recent rise in oil prices above $100 to the far greater than expected losses of oil production in the Gulf from hurricane damage. As the report also mentions, oil prices have risen despite so... Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:17:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1128358?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1127942?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery A couple of years back, Brussels Gonzo and I had a debate about Montenegrin independence. I did a post saying it was a really bad idea. Gonzo replied with a post saying that I was just plain wrong. Bosh and drivel, I replied a few days later.Okay,... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:11:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1127942?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1124074?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Oil Week: It s called the CAPRI system and it s been designed to do the job of a refinery at the bottom of Petrobank s patented THAI (toe-to-heel air injection) wells at the company s pilot project near Christina Lake in northeastern Albe... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:31:06 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1124074?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1121059?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Valero (VLO) shareholders must be looking for the Candid Camera crew these days. Just when it appears that margins for the mega-refiner are stabilizing, Hurricane Ike is on a path towards the Texas gulf region and some of the firm s most valuable r... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:29:51 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1121059?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1121079?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Valero (VLO) shareholders must be looking for the Candid Camera crew these days. Just when it appears that margins for the mega-refiner are stabilizing, Hurricane Ike is on a path towards the Texas gulf region and some of the firm s most valuable r... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:29:51 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1121079?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1118049?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Summer holidays are over and now it s back to serious business starting with the first day of September. The highlight of today is the sharp decline in oil prices on news that Hurricane Gustav has luckily bypassed major oil refinery facilities alon... Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:37:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1118049?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1117772?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Sometimes, price action in financial markets really is a consequence of news in the real world. Cause: Hurricane Katrina takes out a huge amount of refinery capacity. Effect: Oil prices rise. Simple. But journalists aren't having such an easy time of... Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:18:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1117772?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1117799?rsstype=tag&tag=refinery Sometimes, price action in financial markets really is a consequence of news in the real world. Cause: Hurricane Katrina takes out a huge amount of refinery capacity. Effect: Oil prices rise. Simple. But journalists aren't having such an easy time of... 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