http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/china-teapots-maintain-refinery-runs-to-cash-in-on-lucrative-fuel-sales/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/middle-east-conflict-could-force-up-to-6-mmbpd-crude-run-cuts-across-asia/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/brazils-petrobras-to-auction-20-mm-liters-of-diesel-amid-shortage-reports/ A spike in diesel prices is emerging as the first and most immediate threat to Brazil's farm sector from the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, raising costs for producers harvesting a record soybean crop and planting corn they cannot afford to delay. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/iverson-efuels-to-discontinue-green-ammonia-project-in-norway-due-to-grid-capacity/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/us-fuel-exports-see-slight-uptick-in-2025/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/iran-war-causes-major-oil-gas-disruptions/ The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran's attacks on Gulf neighbors have disrupted oil and natural gas exports from the Middle East and forced production stoppages. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/asia-refineries-petchem-firms-cut-runs-as-middle-east-conflict-disrupts-feedstock-supplies/ Asian steam crackers, which source more than 60% of their naphtha feedstock from the Middle East, have been quick to declare force majeure on petrochemical supplies to customers. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/shell-cnooc-china-jv-to-close-12-mmtpy-steam-cracker-due-to-feedstock-disruption/ http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/russia-gets-export-boost-from-iran-war-as-price-of-oil-to-india-surges/ The Iran conflict, now in its seventh day, has left the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping chokepoint, all but shut, cutting countries off from a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/ships-loaded-with-reliance-diesel-jet-fuel-turn-to-asia-instead-of-europe/ Asian buyers are rushing to secure fuel supplies to offset production losses from expected refinery run cuts as the near-halt in traffic in the Strait of Hormuz constrains oil supply to the region.