Crude oil
Polish oil pipeline to Germany restarts after checks for potential leak
Polish oil pipeline company PERN restored the operation of one of two branches of the western Druzhba pipeline transporting oil to German refineries after halting it briefly to check for a potential leak.
Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery extends WTI buying spree into July
Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery will import at least 5 MMbbl of U.S. WTI crude oil in July, three trading sources said, extending its buying spree after a potential record tally for June.
Japan's Cosmo Oil undergoes unplanned shutdown of No. 2 CDU in Chiba refinery
Japan's Cosmo Oil, a unit of Cosmo Energy Holdings, underwent an unplanned shutdown of the 102,000-bpd No. 2 crude distillation unit (CDU) at the Chiba refinery, near Tokyo
Asia jet fuel exports to U.S. West Coast to hit 1-year high in May
Asia's jet fuel exports to the U.S. West Coast (USWC) are expected to hit at least a one-year high in May, according to shiptracking data and three trade sources, as refinery outages in California boosted prices and import demand.
Japan's Eneos says unplanned shutdown began at 145,000-bpd Sendai CDU on May 23
Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp., experienced an unplanned shutdown of the 145,000-bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Sendai refinery in northern Japan, starting May 23.
U.S. crude and fuel inventories fall, Nigerian crude imports jump
U.S. crude and fuel inventories all fell last week, while crude imports from Nigeria hit their highest level in nearly six years.
ADNOC, TotalEnergies announce national launch of ADNOC Voyager lubricants in Egypt
ADNOC Distribution, in partnership with TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt (TEME), has announced the launch of ADNOC Voyager lubricants across Egypt.
Slovak refiner will continue supplies to Czech Republic after sanctions waiver ends
Slovak refinery Slovnaft has secured alternative crude supplies to maintain diesel exports to the Czech market after the June 5 expiry of an EU exemption that allowed it to export products derived from Russian oil.
Indian refiner Reliance's April Russian oil imports up 55% m/m
India's Reliance Industries, operator of the world's biggest refining complex, shipped in about 826,000 bpd of Russian oil in April, up nearly 55% from the previous month.
Canada shift crude oil exports to China, an unintended consequence of U.S. energy tariffs
If there is a law of unintended consequences, then a good example is how commodity markets are adjusting to both the realities and the perceived threats of the tariff war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump. An example of this is seaborne exports of crude oil from Canada, which have shifted away from the United States and towards China, even though Trump backed away from his initial plan to impose a 10% tariff on energy imports from Canada.
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