http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/china-calls-for-independent-refiners-to-maintain-fuel-output-amid-war-disruption/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/taiwans-cpc-brings-naphtha-cracker-online-a-week-early/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/us-naphtha-exports-surge-to-record-high-on-japanese-venezuelan-buying/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/nigerias-dangote-refinery-secures-25-b-from-afreximbank/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/kt-tech-awarded-early-engineering-works-contract-for-60-000-tpy-saf-plant-in-indonesia/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/iea-middle-east-oil-disruptions-set-to-hit-europe-in-april/ More than 12 MMbbl of oil have been lost since the start of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran due to Tehran's attacks on energy assets in the region and restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/russian-oil-tanker-enters-anchorage-of-cubas-matanzas-port/ Cuba has not received an oil tanker in three ⁠months, according to President Miguel Diaz-Canel, a predicament which exacerbated an energy crisis that has brought repeated blackouts across the country of 10 million people, crippling healthcare, public transportation and farming. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/chinas-smaller-independent-refiners-to-curb-output-on-rising-oil-prices/ The so-called teapot refiners had benefited in recent months from cheap stocks of Russian and Iranian crude, but temporary U.S. waivers allowing purchases of Russian and Iranian oil stranded at sea for 30 days have driven prices for those barrels sharply higher as buyers, especially Indian refiners, rush to secure supply. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/south-korea-to-start-crude-oil-swap-with-local-refiners/ The policy enables refiners to borrow crude oil from the national reserve and return the same volume once crude shipments secured abroad arrive. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/czech-government-agrees-to-release-100-000-tonnes-of-crude-from-reserves/ The Czech government agreed on Monday to release 100,000 tonnes of crude oil from state reserves as a loan to Orlen's Czech refining operations.