http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/indian-oil-buys-first-colombian-oil-under-ecopetrol-contract/ Indian refiners are scouting for crude as tighter U.S. and European Union sanctions on Moscow's producers and vessels are disrupting Russian oil imports. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/china-begins-issuing-second-batch-of-2026-crude-import-quotas-to-refiners/ The newest allocation, combined with a small batch issued in late November, accounts for about 70% of the refiner's total quota for next year. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/five-energy-market-trends-to-track-in-2026-the-year-of-the-glut/ This past year was a wild one for the oil and gas industry, punctuated by the 12-day Israel-Iran war in June, U.S. President Donald Trump's trade wars, the intensified targeting of energy infrastructure in Russia in its war against Ukraine, OPEC’s often perplexing production decisions and the recently threatened U.S. blockade of Venezuela. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/eneos-plans-to-shut-marifu-cdu-in-mid-january-for-maintenance/ The refiner, a unit of Eneos Holdings, restarted the 172,100-bpd No. 2 CDU at its Kawasaki refinery near Tokyo on November 21 after it had been shut since August 16 for a planned turnaround. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/chinas-2026-first-batch-fuel-export-quotas-steady-year-on-year/ China manages its refined fuel exports via a quota system to balance the supply-demand fundamentals in its local market. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/singapore-fuel-oil-stockpiles-rise-to-two-week-high/ Onshore fuel oil stockpiles in Singapore rose to a two-week high, as both imports and exports rose from the previous week. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/asia-refinery-2025-2026-maintenanceoutages/ The table lists planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns for 2025 and 2026 compiled through a survey of Asian oil refiners and market sources. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/indonesia-allocates-1565-mm-kiloliters-of-biodiesel-for-2026/ Of the total allocation, 7.45 MMkl have been earmarked for the public service obligation (PSO), which covers sectors such as public transportation and whose sales will be subsidized by the country's palm oil fund. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/chinas-teapots-boost-russian-espo-buying-amid-record-discounts/ Discounts for Russian ESPO Blend crude loading in January have widened to a record $7–$8 per barrel versus ICE Brent upon delivery in Chinese ports, as Western sanctions pressure weighs on the grade. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/bahrains-bapco-sends-first-diesel-cargo-to-australia-in-25-yrs/ Around 400,000 bbl of diesel were loaded on the Torm Kirsten during December 9–11 from BAPCO's Sitra refining site, Kpler and Vortexa shiptracking data showed, while 140,000 bbl more were loaded via ship-to-ship transfers with the vessel Zonda.