http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/mol-slovnaft-file-formal-complaint-with-european-commission-over-alleged-abuse-of-monopoly-position-by-janaf/ On 27 January 2026, crude oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline were interrupted. The pipeline has been out of service since then, significantly increasing the dependence of landlocked Central and Eastern European refineries on the Adria pipeline as the only viable route. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/russia-prepared-to-divert-oil-to-india-as-middle-east-conflict-disrupts-flows/ India is vulnerable to supply shocks, with crude stocks covering only about 25 days of demand, while refiners hold similarly limited inventories of gasoil, gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/hormuz-shutdown-worsens-after-us-hits-iranian-warship-tankers-stranded-for-fifth-day/ The U.S.–Iran war widened on Wednesday after a U.S. strike hit an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, deepening a crisis that has paralyzed shipping through the Strait of Hormuz for a fifth day and choked off vital Middle East oil and gas flows. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/clariant-zeolites-partners-with-vertimass-to-scale-up-innovative-cado-biofuels-technology/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/india-eyes-alternative-energy-supplies-amid-strait-of-hormuz-disruption/ Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman, which carries around a fifth of oil consumed globally as well as large quantities of gas, has ground to a near halt after vessels in the area were struck as Iran hit back after U.S. and Israeli strikes. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/chinese-refiners-begin-run-cuts-as-iran-war-tightens-oil-supply/ The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has cut off nearly all shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for 20% of global oil supplies. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/india-most-vulnerable-to-prolonged-disruptions-to-mideast-oil-analysts-say/ Both China and India, Asia's top energy consumers, source around half of their crude imports from the Middle East, but India has far less oil in storage than its neighbor and is more dependent on that region's crude now than in the last three-plus years. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/iran-conflict-disrupts-middle-east-oil-fuel-lng/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/qatar-halts-lng-output-saudi-refinery-israeli-oil-gas-fields-shut-amid-mideast-strikes/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/iran-conflict-disrupts-oil-supply-to-asian-countries-dependent-on-middle-east/