http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/petrobras-delivers-lpg-sold-at-steep-premiums-despite-lula-move-to-annul-auction/ Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has delivered liquefied petroleum gas auctioned off at high prices, even after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the government would annul it to protect consumers from fuel spikes. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/ukrainian-drone-attack-shuts-crucial-unit-at-russias-novo-ufimsk-oil-refinery/ The CDU-5 distillation unit, which the sources say caught fire, accounts for around 28% of the Novo-Ufimsk refinery's total capacity. 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.