http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/rising-oil-prices-drive-indonesians-to-embrace-biodiesel/ Motorists in Indonesia are modifying their cars to run on subsidised biodiesel amid high global oil prices, as Jakarta raises the fuel's palm oil content in an effort to reduce the country's reliance on energy imports. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/indian-bpcl-and-japans-taiyo-oil-buy-us-crude-via-tenders/ Asian refiners had reduced purchases of U.S. crude following the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/kyrgyzstan-expects-fuel-from-china-belarus-to-offset-russian-supply-crunch/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/acme-signs-100-000-tpy-green-methanol-offtake-agreement-with-mitsubishi-gas-chemical/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/adnoc-launches-global-lng-marketing-and-trading-platform/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/south-koreas-four-oil-refiners-charged-with-price-collusion/ Though prosecutors did not name the companies, South Korea only has four refiners: HD Hyundai Oilbank, SK Energy, GS Caltex and S-Oil. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/world-absorbs-historic-iran-war-oil-supply-loss-but-depleted-stocks-bring-risks/ Tehran's throttling of the Strait of Hormuz in response to the U.S. and Israeli attacks launched on February 28 fed fears of a catastrophic global energy crunch. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/brazil-to-phase-out-subsidy-for-diesel-more-slowly-than-for-gasoline-minister-says/ Brazil's government will take longer to phase out its diesel subsidy than the gasoline benefit, reflecting concerns the process must be handled carefully, even after the drop in global oil prices, to avoid price shocks or fuel shortages. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/chinese-independent-refiners-snap-up-discounted-mideast-oil-as-supplies-rise/ Gulf oil exports are gushing into Asia as producers ramp up output and exports through the Strait of Hormuz following the interim peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, depressing oil prices globally. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/us-iran-war-still-trails-the-1979-oil-shock-by-total-losses/ Unlike previous crises, the Iran war has simultaneously disrupted crude oil, natural gas, refined fuels and fertilizer supplies, exposing vulnerabilities created by decades of rising energy demand, globalized trade and the Middle East’s growing role as a supplier of finished fuels.