http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/japans-idemitsu-returns-to-fossil-fuel-focus-in-new-medium-term-plan/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/ametek-spectro-scientific-introduces-truvu-360-fluid-iq-analytics-and-intelligence-solution/ Onsite oil analysis is essential for keeping critical assets running reliably. However, traditional approaches often rely on delayed lab results, fixed sampling intervals and test data viewed in isolation. These constraints can obscure emerging issues and make it difficult to predict when change is coming. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/russia-revises-down-oil-and-gas-production-and-exports-forecasts-for-2026-2029/ Russia has faced challenges to its oil and gas industry, including western sanctions and Ukrainian drone attacks on its energy infrastructure which led to oil output decline in early April. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/hungry-to-sell-uae-slips-hidden-oil-tankers-through-strait-of-hormuz/ The volumes are a fraction of the UAE's typical exports before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran but they demonstrate the risks the producer and buyers are willing to take to free up oil sales. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/seven-markets-to-track-if-peace-breaks-out-in-the-middle-east/ Here are key charts - across crude, products, shipping, gas, industrial commodities and equities - to gauge whether markets are pricing a temporary easing of tensions or a structural shift in global supply and demand if a peace deal emerges. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/vietnams-largest-refinery-plans-crude-tenders-has-supplies-through-june/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/china-asks-banks-to-pause-new-loans-to-us-sanctioned-refiners/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/eia-us-crude-and-fuel-inventories-fall-as-iran-war-roils-energy-markets/ Fuel inventories also declined, as exports of petroleum products rose to their highest level on record. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/oil-supply-shock-to-worsen-as-inventories-fall-further-even-if-conflict-ends/ Oil supplies are set to tighten further in coming weeks even if the U.S. and Iran agree on a peace deal to end their war because it will take weeks for oil shipments to resume from the Middle East Gulf and reach refiners worldwide - so oil companies will continue to deplete storage tanks to meet peak summer demand. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/australia-commits-7-b-to-boost-fuel-stockpiles-create-government-reserve/ The expanded stockpiles and reserve of around 1 B liters (264 MMgal) will ensure Australia holds at least 50 days of fuel onshore to shield the country from future supply shocks.