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Independents’ crude refining margins continue to drop

Guangzhou (JLC), March 27, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ crude refining margins continued to drop in late March, due to higher costs and lower sales revenue.

03-27-2025 14:18:48

Independents find lower refining margins

Guangzhou (JLC), March 19, 2025--Shandong-based independents found lower refining margins for imported crude in the week to March 19, dragged down by rising crude costs and falling sales revenue.

03-19-2025 18:48:13

Weakness in DOP market weighs on production margins

Shandong (JLC), March 19, 2025—Recently, China’s DOP market has steered into the declining channel, with the production margin of DOP producers shrinking. From March 1 to 17, the theoretical productio

03-19-2025 15:58:35

Independents’ refining margins for imported crude continue to grow

Guangzhou (JLC), March 13, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ refining margins for imported crude continued to grow in mid-March, buoyed by dropping crude costs, despite lower sales revenue.

03-13-2025 14:39:21

Shandong independents’ run rates extend rises as margins improve

Guangzhou (JLC), March 12, 2025--Shandong independent refiners’ operating rates extended rises in the week ending March 12, as their refining margins improved.

03-12-2025 18:53:45

Independents’ crude refining margins surge as costs decrease

Guangzhou (JLC), March 6, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ crude refining margins surged in early March, driven up by a further decrease in crude costs, despite lower sales revenue.

03-06-2025 11:55:14

Independents’ crude refining margins slip further

Guangzhou (JLC), February 27, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ crude refining margins slipped further in late February, squeezed by falling sales revenue, despite slightly lower costs.

02-27-2025 11:40:30

Independents’ refining margins for imported crude retreat

Guangzhou (JLC), February 20, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ refining margins for imported crude retreated in the week to February 19, due to a decrease in their sales revenue, despite a modest de

02-20-2025 14:02:34

Independents’ crude refining margins soar in mid-Feb

Guangzhou (JLC), February 13, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ crude refining margins soared rapidly in mid-February, driven by declines in crude costs and increases in their sales revenue.

02-13-2025 14:19:06

Independents’ refining margins for imported crude rebound

Guangzhou (JLC), February 6, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ refining margins for imported crude rebounded in early February, due to a decline in crude costs.

02-06-2025 16:27:13

Independents’ crude refining margins turn negative again

Guangzhou (JLC), January 23, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ crude refining margins turned negative again in the week to January 22, as crude costs extended rises and sales revenue decreased.

01-23-2025 11:31:53

Independents’ crude refining margins surge in mid-Jan

Guangzhou (JLC), January 15, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ crude refining margins surged in mid-January, buoyed by a rapid increase in sales revenue, despite a rise in crude costs.

01-15-2025 18:31:54

Hydrogenated benzene downstream plants’ margins fall on high costs

Shandong (JLC), January 10, 2025—China hydrogenated benzene downstream producers’ margins declined due to heavy cost pressure.

01-10-2025 16:12:05

Independents’ refining margins for imported crude turn negative

Guangzhou (JLC), January 9, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ refining margins for imported crude turned negative in the week to January 8, dampened by rising crude costs.

01-09-2025 14:27:43

Independents’ refining margins for imported crude plunge

Guangzhou (JLC), January 2, 2025--Shandong-based independents’ refining margins for imported crude plunged in the week to January 1, 2025, as crude costs increased and sales revenue declined.

01-02-2025 17:36:39

PSF industry chain margins review in 2024

Shandong (JLC), December 26, 2024--Theoretical margins of polyester staple fiber (PSF) in 2024 showed ups and downs, marking an increase on a year-on-year comparison.

12-26-2024 16:32:48

Independents find lower crude refining margins in late Dec

Guangzhou (JLC), December 26, 2024--Shandong-based independents found lower refining margins for imported crude in late December, because of falling sales revenue.

12-26-2024 15:17:21

Alkylate margins rally in H1 December amid higher product prices

Beijing (JLC), December 20, 2024--As of December 15, margins of alkylate units in Shandong averaged minus CNY470/mt, up by 27.07% compared with the average margin in the second half of November.

12-20-2024 16:12:37

Independents’ refining margins for imported crude retreat

Guangzhou (JLC), December 19, 2024--Shandong-based independents’ refining margins for imported crude retreated this week, due to a rally in crude costs, despite a slight increase in sales revenue.

12-19-2024 14:25:58

China BPA industry sees capacity expansion and margin losses in 2024

Shandong (JLC), December 17, 2024—In 2024, China’s BPA industry saw continuous expansion of capacity and production margin losses weighed by tepid supply-demand fundamentals and high production costs,

12-17-2024 12:00:22

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