http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/opinion-opening-hormuz-is-the-easy-part-restoring-oil-flows-isn-t/ The immediate impact has been severe. Around 13 MMbpd of oil supply and roughly 300 MMm3d of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have been trapped inside the Gulf, forcing producers to shut in oil fields, refineries and LNG plants and battering economies from Asia to Europe. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/japans-eneos-says-145-000-bpd-sendai-cdu-shut-down-since-april-16/ The unit had just resumed operations on April 14 following an unplanned shutdown on March 31. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/phillips-66-kinder-morgan-move-ahead-with-new-us-west-coast-fuel-pipeline/ The Western Gateway Pipeline project comes as companies race to build a major new fuel pipeline to the U.S. West Coast ahead of planned refinery closures in California, a relatively isolated fuel market with limited pipeline links to major refining hubs, leaving it vulnerable to supply disruptions and price spikes. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/nigerian-airlines-threaten-to-halt-flights-over-soaring-jet-fuel-prices/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/eu-working-on-jet-fuel-plan-as-iran-crisis-threatens-air-travel/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/japan-refiners-run-at-two-thirds-capacity-awaiting-crude-from-outside-the-gulf/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/eu-warns-of-prolonged-energy-shock-forced-cuts-if-iran-war-continues/ Europe has not yet faced supply shortages, but is grappling with soaring oil and gas prices and airports have warned the first jet fuel shortages could hit within weeks. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/europes-summer-flights-at-risk-as-iran-war-exposes-refining-decline/ Europe’s oil and gas industry has shrunk dramatically over the past 25 years: North Sea production has dwindled and more than 30 refineries - 16% of refining capacity - have been shuttered across the continent. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/slovak-refiner-says-no-deal-yet-on-adria-pipeline-tests/ The pipeline from Croatia is an alternative oil route to Slovakia and Hungary, and its importance has grown with the Druzhba pipeline - which carries Russian crude and runs through Ukraine - out of operation since the end of January. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/japans-weekly-gasoline-prices-largely-flat-as-subsidies-offset-price-spikes/ Japan began to partially release oil stockpiles from March 16 and has also rolled out subsidies to compensate for rising product prices which spiked to all-time highs in mid-March following the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.