Japanese Refiners Urge Government to Release Strategic Oil Reserves
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AI-PoweredJapanese oil refiners are urging the government to release strategic oil reserves due to concerns about supply disruptions from the escalating Middle East war, highlighting potential risks to global oil markets.
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Japan’s oil refiners, which source about 95% of their crude supply from the Middle East, are calling on the Japanese government to tap the strategic petroleum reserves to ensure smooth operations and crude for refineries as the Middle East war escalates. Japanese refiners are in talks with the government to potentially access strategic stockpiles and oil stored in tanks that are leased to producing countries, anonymous sources with knowledge of the development told Bloomberg on Thursday. On Tuesday,…
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Japanese oil refiners are urging the government to release strategic oil reserves due to concerns about supply disruptions from the escalating Middle East war, highlighting potential risks to global oil markets.
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