China Lifts Fuel Export Curbs as Refiners Ramp Up Overseas Shipments

China has lifted restrictions on the exports of refined fuels, allowing state-owned refiners to resume shipments overseas this month, as well as one private refiner, Reuters reported today, citing unnamed sources. For the private refiner, a company majority owned by Rongsheng Petrochemical, this would be the first month of exports after a four-month pause. State-owned refiners were allowed to sell fuels abroad, even with restrictions. According to the Reuters sources, following the removal of the restrictions, Chinese refiners are planning to export…