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Opinion: Everyone Is Guessing When It Comes To Oil Prices

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Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along with all of the excess crude flowing from the oil patch, there is also an abundance of market indicators that while important, tend to produce a lot of noise that makes any accurate estimate nearly impossible.

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SK Innovation Q2 profit tops forecast, battery unit eyes EV demand recovery – ET Auto

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SK Innovation, which also owns South Korea’s top refiner SK Energy, said it expects solid refining margins to continue in the second quarter backed by firm demand. The company posted an operating profit of 625 billion won (USD 454 million) for the January-March period, versus a 375 billion won profit a year earlier. .

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Pike forecasts Asia-Pacific to be largest PEV market, with more than 1.2M units by 2015; China to represent 53% of total sales

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National programs encouraging the growth of the PEV sector include the establishment of aggressive goals, subsidies for EV purchasers, research and development support and demonstration projects, tax incentives, regulation and standardization, and public education programs. For example, South Korea faces worsening environmental issues.

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