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Economists have revised their fourth quarter GDP estimates after receiving the news that the U.S. trade deficit has shrunk to its lowest level since October 2009.

Oil imports fell 1.9%, helping the deficit shrink to $34.3 billion (economists were looking for the deficit to come in at $40 billion).

Now some of Wall Street's top analysts are revising their fourth quarter GDP predictions on the news…(The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

China's economy, the world's second largest, may have grown around 7.6% in 2013, its weakest growth since 1999, with latest economic figures indicating sluggish economic activities in the last quarter.

China's latest economic figures, especially the purchasing managers' index (PMI) in both factory activity and the services sector, indicated sagging momentum in December, with the country's growth softening slightly last quarter, economists said.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is scheduled to release China's macroeconomic data for the fourth quarter and the entire year of 2013 soon.

China's economy expanded by 7.7% in the first nine months of 2013, and GDP growth in the third quarter accelerated to 7.8% from 7.5% in the second.

On December 25, a report submitted by the Cabinet to the parliament said China's economic growth in 2013 is likely to stand at 7.6%. If confirmed, it would be the weakest growth since 1999 in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis.

Reporting to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the top legislature, Xu Shaoshi, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission said international and domestic economic conditions have changed…(The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

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PetroChina Sichuan Refinery to Be Ready for Trial Production after Repeated Delays  (Project Dated: 1/20/2014)

Foster Wheeler Awarded PMC Contract by STAR Rafineri for Turkey Grassroots Refinery  (Contract Dated: 1/16/2014)

BP Completes Commissioning of Whiting Refinery Units  (Project Dated: 1/16/2014)

Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for Nghi Son Hydrogen Reformers  (Contract Dated: 1/16/2014)

China Launches Cleaner Gasoline Standards Requirement from January 2018  (Article Dated: 1/16/2014)

Carlyle Group Ventures into Europe's Struggling Refining Sector by Teaming up with Vitol  (Article Dated: 1/16/2014)

Bashneft Says Production Unit Shut Down After Fire at Ufaneftekhim Refinery  (Article Dated: 1/16/2014)

Russia's Surgutneftegas Launches Europe's Largest Hydrocracker at Its Kirishi Refinery  (Project Dated: 1/16/2014)

AMEC Awarded $255 Mln Project Engineering and Management Services Contract  (Contract Dated: 1/16/2014)

Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for Vietnam’s Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochem Complex  (Contract Dated: 1/14/2014)

Foster Wheeler Wins NWR’s Sturgeon Refinery Contract for Package Steam Generating Systems  (Contract Dated: 1/14/2014)

CB&I Announces Its Bitumen Storage Tank Contract for NWR’s Sturgeon Refinery  (Contract Dated: 1/14/2014)

Rosneft Installs New Reactors at Several Russian Refineries  (Article Dated: 1/14/2014)

Saskatchewan’s Regina Refinery Reports Fire after LPG Explosion  (Article Dated: 1/14/2014)

Motiva to Shut Convent, LA Refinery Fluid Catalytic Cracker by 2016 During Transition to Diesel  (Article Dated: 1/14/2014)

Phillips 66 Shuts Los Angeles Refinery Reformer for Turnaround  (Article Dated: 1/14/2014)

Husky Energy Approves New Heavy Oil Thermal Projects in Saskatchewan, Part 1  (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

Gazprom Awards CB&I FEED Contract for Hydrocracker Complex in Siberia  (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

More Bad News for European Refiners with Mild Winter Forecasts  (Article Dated: 1/13/2014)

Husky Energy Approves New Heavy Oil Thermal Projects in Saskatchewan, Part 2  (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

Principal Technology to Supply Sulfur Recovery Units for Dakota Prairie Refining, LLC  (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

Honeywell Wins FEED to Automate Systems for Kuwait National Petroleum’s Al Zour Refinery  (Project Dated: 1/13/2014)

Irving Oil Adding 40,000 Bpd Alberta Crude Rail Loading Capacity  (Article Dated: 1/10/2014)

Ex-Im Bank Approves $641 Mln for the Export of U.S. Refinery Equipment to Turkey  (Project Dated: 1/10/2014)

EU Refiners Poised for One of Worst Years on Record as Closures Loom  (Analysis Dated: 1/10/2014)

Ivory Coast Gets $300 Mln Loan for Refinery from World Bank and SocGen  (Article Dated: 1/10/2014)

Axion Selects Foster Wheeler for Argentina Delayed Coker Contract  (Contract Dated: 1/9/2014)

Kenya Considers New Investor in Mombasa Refinery after Essar Energy’s Exit  (Investment Dated: 1/9/2014)

Brazil's Petrobras Ends Refinery Partnership with PdVSA  (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Pemex Says New $10 Bln Tula Refinery Still On with End Date Unclear  (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

EIA Says U.S. Four-Week Demand for Refined Fuels at Five-Year High in November  (Article Dated: 1/9/2014)

Irving Oil CEO Says Eastern Canada Has Export Edge Over U.S. Gulf Coast  (Article Dated: 1/9/2014)

PBF Energy Expanding Crude-by-rail Offloading Capacity at its Delaware Refinery  (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Total to Use KBR Technology for Antwerp Deasphalting Unit  (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Statoil, Shell Swap Refinery Stakes  (Article Dated: 1/9/2014)

Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund Invests $475 Mln in Turkish Star Refinery Project  (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Ineos to Streamline Grangemouth Refinery and Shut Naphtha Unit by Q2 2015  (Project Dated: 1/9/2014)

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Wins $1.4 Bln Order in Venezuela  (Order Dated: 1/9/2014)

Canadian Regulator OKs Enbridge Pipeline to Pacific Coast for Shipment to Asia  (Article Dated: 1/8/2014)

Energy Companies Looking to Great Lakes as Shipping Demand Grows for Alberta Crude Oil  (Analysis Dated: 1/8/2014)

Alberta’s Tar Sands to Be Regulated by Fossil Fuels-Funded Alberta Energy Regulator  (Article Dated: 1/8/2014)

Report Shows Canada’s Oil Sands to Brace for more Challenges in 2014  (Article Dated: 1/8/2014)

Scientists Find 7,300-Sq-Mile Ring of Mercury Contamination around Alberta Tar Sands  (Article Dated: 1/8/2014)

Pan Orient Energy Update on Sawn Lake Heavy Oil Project  (Update Dated: 1/8/2014)

Industry, Governments Discuss Tailings Ponds Water Being Released into the Environment  (Article Dated: 1/7/2014)

Growth of U.S. Oil Production Expected to be Faster than Thought  (Article Dated: 1/7/2014)

Ivanhoe Energy Receives Process Clarity on Shallow SAGD Projects from Alberta Energy Regulator  (Article Dated: 1/7/2014)

SilverWillow Energy Submits Regulatory Application for Audet in Situ Oil Sands Project  (Project Dated: 1/7/2014)

New DCSG Technology Intended to Replace Conventional Generation  (Analysis Dated: 1/7/2014)

Mexico Heavy Crude Production Set to Rival Canada’s Oilsands  (Analysis Dated: 1/7/2014)

Scale and Deposit Formation in Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) Facilities  (Analysis Dated: 1/6/2014)

Foster Wheeler to Supply Steam Generating Systems for Alberta Upgrader  (Contract Dated: 1/6/2014)

Upgrader Plants Giving Way to New Oil Sands Technologies  (Article Dated: 1/6/2014)

Keystone Opposition Expands Front in Oilsands Fight  (Article Dated: 1/6/2014)

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