Energy Update

SHANGHAI, April 7 (Reuters) - China has asked state-owned power plants to negotiate long-term supply contracts with coal producers in a bid to stabilise the market and ease pressure on the country's loss-making miners, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.

BAGHDAD, April 7 (Reuters) - Oil exports from Iraq's southern ports have risen to an average of 3.494 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, an official from the state-run South Oil Company said on Thursday.

Could India’s physical gold market, which remained at a near standstill on continued industrial action this week, be set to reopen? Ben Kilbey reveals all.

(Thu, 07 Apr 2016) EIA recently released new information on ethanol and biodiesel movements by rail. The new monthly estimates are integrated with EIA's existing <em>Petroleum Supply Monthly</em> and include movements beginning in January 2014. Unlike other liquid fuels that are most commonly transported by pipeline, ethanol and biodiesel are more often transported by rail because both fuels attract water and other impurities in pipelines.