http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/pall-introduces-two-new-technologies-to-reduce-capex-and-tco-in-oil-and-gas-processing/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/indias-bharat-petroleum-hpcl-mittal-buy-venezuelan-oil/ The heavy oil, purchased through two separate deals, is planned to be co-loaded on a very large crude carrier to save on shipping cost, and will boost India's imports of Venezuelan crude to at least 6 MMbbl through April. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/mol-sources-alternative-oil-supplies-as-druzhba-pipeline-outage-drags/ Hungary's MOL group has ordered tankers delivering Saudi, Norwegian, Kazakh, Libyan and Russian oil to supply its Hungarian and Slovak refineries and halted diesel supplies to Ukraine as it scrambles to overcome an outage of the Druzhba pipeline. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/kazakhstan-to-build-a-new-10-b-10-mmtpy-refinery/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/us-epa-expected-to-send-2026-biofuel-blending-quotas-to-white-house-this-week/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/digital-feature-how-decarbonization-is-transforming-the-lube-oil-industry/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/japans-oil-and-gas-independence-climbs-to-highest-since-2009/ The rise to the highest since 2009 is attributed to progress in energy development projects involving Japanese firms and a decline in oil and gas imports. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/hungary-asks-croatia-for-help-after-russian-oil-flows-via-ukraine-halted/ A Russian attack on the Druzhba pipeline in Ukraine on January 27 knocked out flows to Eastern Europe. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/us-refiner-valero-to-import-up-to-65-mmbbl-of-venezuelan-crude-in-march/ Valero was among the first U.S. refiners to resume imports of Venezuelan crude after the United States struck a flagship $2-B oil supply deal with the country's interim government and began to ease sanctions. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/suffocating-western-pressure-may-finally-force-russian-oil-output-cuts/ Moscow has successfully redirected most of its seaborne crude to China, India and Turkey, often relying on a “shadow fleet” of aging, uninsured tankers to circumvent restrictions while offering steep discounts.