http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/brazil-to-start-tests-for-diesel-blend-containing-20-biofuel-in-may/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/us-trump-grants-90-day-jones-act-waiver-extension-to-curb-energy-costs/ The move reflects a broader push by the White House to dampen politically sensitive fuel price spikes ahead of November’s midterm elections, where affordability is expected to be a defining issue for voters. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/cosmo-tanker-could-reach-japan-on-sunday-with-first-us-shipment-post-iran-war/ The tanker, loaded in Texas (U.S.) on March 22, is due to arrive off Chiba as early as on April 26 via the Panama Canal. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/russian-espo-premiums-ease-on-weak-chinese-refining-margins/ Spot premiums for Russia's Far East ESPO Blend crude oil delivered to China in June have eased as weak refining margins curbed demand from independent refiners. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/czechs-discussing-possible-fuel-supplies-from-slovakia/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/russia-to-stop-kazakh-oil-flows-to-german-pck-refinery-via-druzhba/ The move deals a blow to the PCK Schwedt refinery, which supplies most of the German capital's fuel and relies on Kazakhstan for 17% of its supplies. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/kenya-tanzania-and-neighbors-discuss-joint-refinery-as-dangote-offers-to-build-it/ East Africa currently imports all of its refined petroleum products, mainly from the Middle East, leaving the region vulnerable to supply disruptions and price spikes as seen in the fallout of the Iran conflict. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/asia-deepens-refining-cuts-due-to-iran-war-putting-diesel-and-jet-fuel-supplies-at-risk/ Asia, which accounts for 37% of global refining output and ordinarily sources two-thirds of its crude from the Middle East, has been hardest-hit by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with run cuts at refiners in the region exacerbating tight fuel supply and keeping prices elevated. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/pumps-valves-innovation-conference-brings-program-for-operators-engineers-to-the-gulf-coast/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/malaysias-palm-oil-based-biodiesel-push-to-add-300-000-tpy-in-demand/