http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/ukrainian-drone-attack-sparks-fire-damages-equipment-at-tuapse-refinery/ Tuapse in the Krasnodar region lies in southwest Russia on the Black Sea and about 350 km (218 mi) to the nearest parts of Ukraine’s mainland across the Sea of Azov. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/ina-nears-completion-of-700-mm-rijeka-refinery-upgrade-project/ http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/repsol-surpasses-1-500-service-stations-in-spain-and-portugal-offering-100-renewable-nexa-diesel/ 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/serbias-nis-gets-us-approval-to-negotiate-sale-of-russian-stake/ The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on NIS in October, as part of broader measures against Russia's energy sector, after granting a series of waivers since January. 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/gazprom-in-talks-with-hungarys-mol-over-nis-stake-sale/ The United States announced sweeping sanctions targeting Russia's oil sector in January over Moscow's war in Ukraine, but, for NIS, their application was postponed several times before finally coming into effect on October 8. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/world-s-first-dynamic-green-ammonia-plant-starts-operations-in-denmark/ http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/azerbaijan-sends-first-gasoline-shipment-to-armenia-after-decades-of-war/ The Azerbaijani government said the gasoline was shipped by train from the capital Baku to Boyuk-Kesik near the border with Georgia, across whose territory it will then be delivered to Armenia. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/glencore-buys-majority-stake-in-dutch-fuel-company-fincoenergies/ Finco is a major player in the Dutch wholesale fuel market and in the region's biofuels and low-carbon fuel sectors.