Crude oil

Japan refinery runs climb to over 70% on alternative supply, stockpile releases

From March 16, the government has also made available oil from its stockpiles equal to about 75 days' worth of consumption to soften the blow from the supply shortage due to the largely closed Strait of Hormuz. This is Japan's biggest oil release ever.

Japan's Idemitsu returns to fossil fuel focus in new medium-term plan

AMETEK Spectro Scientific introduces TruVu 360™ Fluid IQ analytics and intelligence solution

Onsite oil analysis is essential for keeping critical assets running reliably. However, traditional approaches often rely on delayed lab results, fixed sampling intervals and test data viewed in isolation. These constraints can obscure emerging issues and make it difficult to predict when change is coming.

Russia revises down oil and gas production and exports forecasts for 2026–2029

Russia has faced challenges to its oil and gas industry, including western sanctions and Ukrainian drone attacks on its energy infrastructure which led to oil output decline in early April.

Hungry to sell, UAE slips hidden oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz

The volumes are a fraction of the UAE's typical exports before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran but they demonstrate the risks the producer and buyers are willing to take to free up oil sales.

Seven markets to track if peace breaks out in the Middle East

Here are key charts - across crude, products, shipping, gas, industrial commodities and equities - to gauge whether markets are pricing a temporary easing of tensions or a structural shift in global supply and demand if a peace deal emerges.

Vietnam's largest refinery plans crude tenders, has supplies through June

China asks banks to pause new loans to US-sanctioned refiners

EIA: U.S. crude and fuel inventories fall as Iran war roils energy markets

Fuel inventories also declined, as exports of petroleum products rose to their highest level on record.

Oil supply shock to worsen as inventories fall further even if conflict ends

Oil supplies are set to tighten further in coming weeks even if the U.S. and Iran agree on a peace deal to end their war because it will take weeks for oil shipments to resume from the Middle East Gulf and reach refiners worldwide - so oil companies will continue to deplete storage tanks to meet peak summer demand.