Welcome to AZ China’s newest service - the Crude Revolution blog.

This blog will be paying close attention to the tight oil and shale oil phenomenon in the USA, and its impact on the aluminium industry. Shale oil is already affecting the production of petroleum coke in the Gulf coast - both the volume and the quality is shifting, and is set to shift further in the months and years to come.

This blog will provide you with the latest news and opinions in the carbon and anode world.

Our sister blog, the Black China Blog, will continue to report on China’s and the world’s aluminium industry and market, and will also cover areas such as the political environment in China. We will keep stories “cross-fertilised” for the time being.

As always with AZ China’s products and services, we welcome your feedback and comments.