By Tu Lei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-08-02 17:31

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"The wholesale price of diesel has reached 4.66 yuan per liter now, but the retail price is only 4.63 yuan, so who cares?" complained an insider in Sinopec's Fujian branch, "We are at a loss."

"The short supply means we may experience further price increases," said Li Yun, chief editor of www.oilboss.cn.

Two oil product providers in Shanghai, Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd, and Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Corporation, plan to examine and repair their equipment, possibly affecting oil product supply in Shanghai, said insiders.

In the past two months, the growth rate of international crude oil has exceeded 20 percent, and a research report from Goldman Sachs predicted the crude oil price per barrel to reach US$90 per barrel by this autumn, perhaps even US$95 by the end of this year.

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