http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/06/adnoc-resumes-naphtha-exports-via-alternative-oman-route/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/06/china-seen-tapping-deeper-into-oil-stockpiles-as-imports-hit-decade-low/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/06/china-allows-output-cuts-by-some-money-losing-independent-refiners/ Some refiners in the eastern province of Shandong, popularly called teapots, were told recently that they can cut output to no lower than 80% of last year's monthly average. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/06/iea-forecasts-chance-of-critically-low-stockpiles-before-peak-summer-demand/ Fuel demand typically peaks in the Northern Hemisphere summer when people drive and fly on holiday. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/06/petrovietnam-says-supertanker-with-iraqi-oil-arrives-at-refinery-port/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/06/chinas-crude-oil-imports-slump-but-its-economics-not-altruism/ The collapse in China's imports is being framed in media and market commentary as helping Asia adjust to the loss of at least 10 MMbpd of crude from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/not-everybody-is-a-loser-from-the-iran-war-just-ask-brunei/ The focus from the Iran conflict has largely been on the increasing cost the world is having to pay through higher crude oil and natural gas prices resulting from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/totalenergies-extends-fuel-price-cap-in-france-through-june/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/india-ethanol-push-drives-big-rise-in-land-farmed-to-make-fuel/ India depends on imports for some 85% of its oil, so using more ethanol, made from crops such as sugarcane, rice and maize, is central to its plans to boost its energy security and reduce planet-heating emissions. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/pakistan-plans-oil-reserves-storage-push-as-hormuz-constraints-expose-vulnerabilities/ Despite depending on supplies through the Strait of Hormuz for up to 90% of its oil and liquefied natural gas imports, Pakistan has no strategic petroleum reserves.