DIESEL IMPORTS ROSE BY 78%

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  May 14, 2008 ;     44 words ...According to Al-Ghad newspaper (May 13, 2008), the Jordanian General Statistics Department reported that the value of Jordan's diesel imports has jumped to JD 85.5 million in the first quarter of 2008, up from JD 48 million in the corresponding period of last year, an increase of 78%.

DIESEL IMPORTS GREW BY 144%

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  November 13, 2005 ;     40 words ...According to ADDUSTOUR newspaper (November 13, 2005), official statistics show that the value of Jordan's diesel imports grew to JD 186 million in the first nine months of the current year, up from JD 76.3 million in the same period last year, a 144% growth.

DIESEL IMPORTS DROPPED

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  August 14, 2007 ;     44 words ...According to Addustour newspaper (August 12, 2007), statistics issued by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Trade show that the value of Jordan's diesel imports dropped to JD 117.4 million in the first half of 2007, down from JD 131 million in the same period last year, a 10.4% fall.

Pakistan petroleum ministry recommends lifting ban on Indian diesel...

AP Worldstream;  February 10, 2004 ;     231 words ......petroleum ministry has advised the government to lift a ban on diesel imports from India, a ministry official said Tuesday. "We have recommended...years in Islamabad next week. Yousaf raised the issue of diesel imports during a visit to India last month. He said if diesel was...

DIESEL IMPORTS RECORD 6% GROWTH

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  June 14, 2004 ;     45 words ...According to Addustour newspaper (June 13, 2004), official statistics show that the value of Jordan's total diesel imports rose to JD 33,859 in the first third of the current year, up from JD 21,497 in the corresponding period of the previous...

DIESEL IMPORT INCREASED

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  November 1, 2007 ;     40 words ...According to Addustour newspaper (October 31, 2007), an official report shows that the value of Jordan's diesel imports increased to JD 138 million in the first eight months of 2007, up from JD 131 million in the same period last year, an increase of 5.4%.

Pakistan likely to lift ban on Indian diesel import

Xinhua News Agency;  February 12, 2004 ;     230 words ......Petroleum Ministry has proposed the government to lift a ban on diesel imports from India, a ministry official said. "We have recommended...years in Islamabad next week. Yousaf raised the issue of diesel imports during a visit to India last month. He said if diesel was...

Chinese demand for oil up 6.2% in February

International Herald Tribune;  March 25, 2008 ;     696 words ......independent dealers, although overall fuel inventories were comfortable, thanks to a few months of bumper diesel imports. February diesel imports surged nearly tenfold from a year earlier to about 330,000 tons, though easing from levels seen in...

Report: Pakistan may lift ban on diesel imports from India

AP Worldstream;  January 14, 2004 ;     255 words ......Worldstream 01-14-2004 Dateline: NEW DELHI A senior Pakistani official on Wednesday said his government may lift a ban on diesel imports from India _ a step that would benefit both the Pakistani industry and Indian refiners, a news agency reported. M. Abdullah...

COLOMBIA'S PALM-OIL BIODIESEL PROGRAM NEEDS TO CUT COSTS BY 50%

Renewable Fuel News;  August 15, 2005 ;     67 words ......palm-oil producers have a $300/ton production cost basis, versus only $150/ton cost in Malaysia. So, Colombia's goal of cutting diesel imports (currently 6,000 barrels/day) via palm biodiesel look problematic unless producer costs are slashed, the report said. Some...

Demand fuels oil imports

China Daily;  February 21, 2004 ;     270 words ......The shortfall has also led China, a net diesel exporter, to increase diesel imports in January by 42 per cent to 111,682 tons. Traders expected the uptrend in diesel imports had extended into early February. Experts said with higher imports...

Turkish truckers race for permit

The Independent - London;  June 11, 2001 ;     46 words ......Ankara on Saturday, with the first 10 finishers granted a government permit to import cheap diesel from Iraq. Turkish officials largely ignore the fact that these diesel imports violate UN sanctions imposed on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait in 1990.

PETROLEUM IMPORTS VALUED

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  June 21, 2004 ;     64 words ......imports rose to JD 200.3 million in the first third of the current year, up from JD 153.97 million in the corresponding period of the previous year. The value of Jordan's diesel imports declined from JD 33,900 to JD 21,500 in the same period.

Wholesalers suspend diesel import and threaten supply.

South American Business Information;  September 4, 2004 ;     140 words ...Bolivia, Sep 2, 2004 (La Razon/SABI via COMTEX) The hydrocarbon wholesalers have suspended diesel imports since the Bolivian government has frozen petroleum prices and has reduced subsidies, and it may generate a supply crisis in La...

Plenty of Oil, but Few Refineries for Iran

AP Online;  May 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ......and cash but _ ironically _ Iran depends on gasoline and diesel imports to keep its trucks and cars rolling because of a refinery...and curb consumption. Even a moderate drop in gasoline or diesel imports as a result of sanctions would be a punishing blow for an...