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Red Sea worries cause spike in refined fuel prices, but market will adjust

The main impact from the escalating tensions in the Middle East and the threat to ships transiting the Red Sea isn't on crude oil prices, but rather on the heightened vulnerability of refined fuels.

Mexico president admits fuel production still short to reach energy self-sufficiency

Mexico will be short of the fuel it needs to meet President Andres Manuel's Lopez Obrador goal of energy self-sufficiency when his term ends this year, he said during a recent press conference.

India expects fuel demand to grow 2.7% in the next fiscal year

India's fuel consumption is expected to rise 2.7% in the next fiscal year beginning on April 1, initial government estimates showed.

Russia's Novatek resumes fuel loadings at damaged Ust-Luga terminal

Russian energy company Novatek resumed fuel loadings at its Baltic Sea Ust-Luga terminal, damaged in a suspected drone attack.

Two-day strike to hit output, delivery from Neste oil refinery

A planned two-day strike action by Finnish industrial workers early next month will hit output and supply from Neste's oil refinery in Finland.

Innovative approach to accelerating the startup of a gasoline block and associated units at Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery complex

This article elaborates on the startup of a refinery’s heavy naphtha reforming unit with an alternative approach to the initial unit design, including an evaluation of several startup techniques to ensure the adequacy and practicality of the selected option.

Russia's NORSI refinery may halve high-octane gasoline output after outages

Lukoil's NORSI oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod may halve high-octane gasoline output after an emergency stoppage at one of two plant's catalytic cracking unit.

Russia boosts fuel exports to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Mongolia in 2023

Central Asian countries, Afghanistan and Mongolia raised their imports of Russian fuel by around 28% in 2023 to almost 6 MMt, partially offseting a decline in Russian supplies to Europe.

Singapore's middle distillates stocks at 5-mth low on higher jet fuel/kerosene exports

Singapore's middle distillates stockpiles hit a five-month low as higher jet fuel/kerosene exports outweighed declines in gasoil/diesel exports.

India's fuel demand hits seven-month high in December

India's fuel consumption rose to a seven-month high in December to about 20.054 MMt, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell of the oil ministry showed.