Asia/Pacific
Northeast Asia ships first jet fuel to Europe since Iran war
Shiptracking data showed Asia has not shipped jet fuel on this route since the latest phase of the Middle Eastern crisis began on February 28 with U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran.
China kept building its crude stockpile in April despite Iran crisis
The ongoing building of inventories by the world's biggest crude importer underlines that China is in quite a different situation to the rest of the world, which is burning through oil stockpiles to compensate for the loss of about 12 MMbpd of supply to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight
Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction
