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China's DMF market hits three-year high in Q3 before retreating

Shandong (JLC), September 24, 2026--China’s DMF market rallied sharply in Q3 2026 before pulling back, with prices breaking above CNY6,000/mt to hit a three-year high.

09-24-2026 19:29:00

Crude stocks at Shandong ports slip further

Guangzhou (JLC), September 24, 2026--The stocks of crude, fuel oil and diluted bitumen at Shandong ports fell further in the week ending September 24 amid lower feedstock arrivals and more outbound de

09-24-2026 19:25:38

China to hike fuel ceilings on September 25

Guangzhou (JLC), September 24, 2026--China will hike its retail ceilings of gasoline and diesel on September 25, 2026 (Friday), due to higher international crude prices, but the hike will be moderated

09-24-2026 16:39:18

Shandong independents' run rates fall further

Guangzhou (JLC), September 23, 2026--Shandong independent refiners' operating rates declined further in the week ending September 23, JLC’s data shows.

09-24-2026 14:13:06

Chinese refiners hike August kerosene output on strong demand

Guangzhou (JLC), September 23, 2026--Chinese refiners boosted their kerosene production in August as summer air travel spiked and jet fuel exports shot up.

09-23-2026 19:02:08

China INE crude price slides after Iran proposes reopening Hormuz

Guangzhou (JLC), September 23, 2026--The price of crude futures on China's Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) fell further on Wednesday following Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Horm

09-23-2026 18:53:06

Independents' refining margins for imported crude rally

Guangzhou (JLC), September 23, 2026--Shandong-based independents' refining margins for imported crude rallied in the week to September 23, because of a drop in crude costs, despite a slight decline i

09-23-2026 18:39:19

Daily output of Qijiang shale gas field exceeds 2 mln cbm

Shandong (JLC), September 23, 2026—Daily natural gas production of the Qijiang shale gas field reached over 2 million cubic meters (mln cbm), according to its operator Sinopec Southwest Oil & Gasfield

09-23-2026 17:48:52

Guangdong-Jiangsu styrene price spread widens on tight tradeable supply

Shandong (JLC), September 23, 2026—Guangdong styrene prices stay firm on tight tradeable spot supply, with the price spread over Jiangsu widening past CNY500/mt.

09-23-2026 16:32:11

China’s recycled PP prices rise before falling

Shandong (JLC), September 23, 2026 – China’s recycled PP prices rose in early September, driven by expectations of good demand amid the conventional peak season, enlarging PP-recycled PP price spread

09-23-2026 10:06:41

Huanghua Port launches bonded warehousing business for imported fuel oil

Guangzhou (JLC), September 22, 2026--Recently, a batch of 59,800 mt of imported fuel oil has been delivered out of the bonded warehouse in the Taidi Liquid Chemical Terminal of Huanghua Port, marking

09-22-2026 18:56:48

Xiangguosi UGS achieves flexible injection-withdrawal changeovers

Beijing (JLC), September 22, 2026—Xiangguosi underground gas storage (UGS) facility carried out injection-withdrawal changeovers between September 15 and 18.

09-22-2026 17:49:57

China's vinyl acetate prices retreat marginally after soaring

Shandong (JLC), September 22, 2026—Despite an increase in vinyl acetate prices from early September, tracking rising feedstock acetic acid prices, the market was facing mounting pressure. From mid-Sep

09-22-2026 17:12:58

China’s DMC prices see a rapid pullback after surging

Shandong (JLC), September 22, 2026 – China’s dimethyl carbonate (DMC) prices surged in early September amid tight spot supply and rising propylene oxide (PO) prices, but saw a rapid decrease in mid-to

09-22-2026 17:01:39

DOP prices retreat from high levels on fading positive factors

Shandong (JLC), September 22, 2026--In late September, with DOP prices surging to elevated levels, the market's upward momentum gradually faded.

09-22-2026 16:56:50

Sinopec Qilu begins constructing ethylene plant under upgrade project

Guangzhou (JLC), September 21, 2026--On September 19, Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical officially started the construction of a 1.0 million mt/yr ethylene plant under its upgrade project.

09-21-2026 19:07:59

China LNG imports decline in August

Shandong (JLC), September 21, 2026—China’s LNG imports totaled 5.16 million (mln) mt in August 2026, slipping by 4.83% month on month and slumping by 17.75% year on year, according to data from the Ge

09-21-2026 17:15:00

China’s PDH unit operating rate falls

Beijing (JLC), September 21, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 73.51% in the week to September 17, down 2.65 percentage points compared with the week to September 10.

09-21-2026 16:15:43

Sinopec Hunan starts building 1.2 mln mt/yr jet fuel unit

Guangzhou (JLC), September 21, 2026--Sinopec Hunan Petrochemical kicked off construction of a 1.2 million mt/year jet fuel hydrogenation unit on September 16, the company announced on its official WeC

09-21-2026 11:47:45

PE Prices keep range-bound amid weaker Peak-Season Expectation in Sep

Shandong (JLC), September 20, 2026—In September, the PE market enters the conventional peak season. However, the slow recovery in demand and the negative impact of the Fed’s rate hike on international

09-21-2026 08:20:01

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