According to WPB, South Korea is reviewing practical measures to support freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, including options that c...
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According to WPB, Iranian crude loadings have fallen to approximately 260,000 barrels per day in the current September period, providing one of the c...
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According to WPB, South Africa’s Natref refinery has reported an operational disruption that affected refinery production and product supply, placi...
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According to WPB, Iranian bitumen exporters need more than another warning about the Strait of Hormuz. They need a second export architecture that ca...
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According to WPB, Jordan’s Aqaba port is emerging as a working alternative trade corridor for Iraq as disruption in the Strait of Hormuz redirects ...
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According to WPB, a new wave of U.S. military strikes across southern Iran has added another layer of execution risk for Iranian bitumen exports afte...
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According to WPB, Iran’s president has said the country’s exports and imports have fallen by nearly 35% under the combined pressure of U.S. sanct...
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According to WPB, a new U.S. sanctions waiver has extended the operating window for Serbia’s NIS through September 30, 2026, allowing crude oil imp...
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Middle East pricing turned firmer at the producer level in Week 4. Iran rose by roughly $10–15/MT across packed 60/70 grades and Iraq gained about ...
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According to WPB, Puma Energy’s Bitumen segment recorded a 65% quarter-on-quarter increase in margins in the second quarter of 2026, providing a ra...
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According to WPB, Russia’s bitumen supply system has been hit by another direct refinery disruption after the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refin...
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According to WPB, preliminary shipping data published on August 26, 2026 show that physical traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains far from nor...
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According to WPB, the global oil market has entered a more dangerous phase in which disruption is no longer concentrated around a single producer, re...
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According to WPB, the United States has placed shipping at the center of a broader sanctions campaign against Iran, creating a new layer of exposure ...
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According to WPB, China’s bitumen market has moved beyond a financial-market rally into a much tighter physical supply environment, with domestic s...
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According to WPB, Asia’s refined-fuel shortage is becoming increasingly visible in Southeast Asia, with imports of light and middle distillates fal...
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According to WPB, Iran has added a new layer of commercial risk to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz by publishing a list of dozens of vessels it...
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According to WPB, India’s bitumen supply balance has shifted sharply in 2026, with imports falling to approximately 905,000 metric tons in January-...
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According to WPB, France and Saudi Arabia are moving discussions over alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz into a more formal energy and logistics pr...
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According to WPB, Russia has lost the output of a refinery that directly produces road bitumen after the Orsknefteorgsintez refinery in the Orenburg ...
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