Marsden Point makes margin gains with greater natural use

Marsden Point makes margin gains with greater natural use
By Pattrick Smellie July 4 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's Marsden Point oil refinery is taking advantage of historically low wholesale prices for locally produced natural gas to improve its refining margins as electricity companies, in particular, continue to use far less gas than in the past. Refining NZ said in a statement it had achieved a 12 US cents per barrel uplift in Gross Refining Margins in May and June, 1 US cent better than planned, and that the company was "well on the way" to achieving its targeted 11 US cents per barrel imp...