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Sinopec Slashes Refining Runs as Hormuz Disruption Squeezes Crude Supply

ports_congestion UTC: 2026-03-16 06:33:01

Sinopec, China’s biggest oil refiner, has reduced its run rates by 10%, Bloomberg reported today, citing unnamed sources, in response to the supply squeeze resulting from the traffic disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. The size of the cut is equal to about half a million barre...

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