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            <title><![CDATA[Aramco Suspends LPG Deliveries Through May on Facility Damage]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Lua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:40:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Aramco’s main LPG processing and shipment facilities at Juaymah are located near the company’s biggest export terminal for crude and oil products at Ras Tanura. Photographer: Simon Dawson</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Pulls China Into War Standoff With Refinery Sanctions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[By blacklisting major player Hengli, Washington hopes to strengthen its hand in peace talks.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:19:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran War to Impact Shipping Long After It Ends, Japan’s MOL Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Weilun Soon]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:54:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asia’s Largest Oil Buyers Running Low on Hormuz Alternatives]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:55:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Panama Canal Traffic Spurs $4 Million Line-Jumping Payment]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Liao]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:01:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A container ship crosses the Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal in Panama City.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A 12,000-Mile Journey Shows the World’s Scramble for Diesel]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Wittels]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:56:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Secret Codes and Yuan Fees Get Ships Through Iran’s Hormuz Tollbooth]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Vessels wanting to transit the strategic waterway need to be from friendly countries, and some have to pay fees in Chinese currency or crypto before being escorted through the strait.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:35:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Energy Bosses Share Iran Anxieties at Key Houston Gathering]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Crowley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:56:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Oil Bound for China Is Diverted as India Grabs More]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Serene Cheong]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Vessel with Urals crude bound for China has turned around, and is now heading to India.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran War Upheaval Jolts Shipping Fuel Suppliers in Singapore]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Serene Cheong]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:37:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Shipping vessels sit moored in waters off the southeastern coast of Singapore. Bunker sales in Singapore, the world’s largest refueling port, fell for a second month to 3.48 million tons in June, the lowest seasonal volume since 2009, according to data from the Maritime and Port Authority.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Key UAE Port Resumes Oil Loadings After Drone Attack, Fire]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Serene Cheong]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 05:44:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - Smoke rises from the direction of an energy installation in the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on March 14, 2026. Smoke could be seen rising from the direction of a major UAE energy installation on March 14, in what appeared to be the latest strike targeting the Gulf&apos;s petroleum facilities hours after the US struck Iran&apos;s Kharg Island. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran War Supercharges Secretive Korean Tycoon’s Big Tanker Bet]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Longley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tankers Shun Fujairah, Freeing Up Oil for Sale at Higher Prices]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yongchang Chin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Smoke plume billows following an explosion in the Fujairah industrial zone in United Arab Emirates on March 3. Photographer: FADEL SENNA/AFP</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Buys 30 Million Barrels of Russian Oil After US Waiver]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rakesh Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:19:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fuel Tankers U-Turn to Asia as War Worsens Supply Crunch]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Lua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:26:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Second Bulk Carrier Claiming to Be Chinese Passes Through Hormuz]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Serene Cheong]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:05:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A China-linked bulk carrier sailed safely through Hormuz March 7, following multiple attacks in the area</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US-Sanctioned Gas Tanker Sails Through Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Lua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:29:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Strait of Hormuz Shipping Is at Near-Total Halt, JMIC Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Serene Cheong]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:48:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asia’s Deepening Oil Crunch Triggers Fuel Hoarding, Price Hikes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Lua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:39:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Middle East Oil Prices Soar After Platts Excludes Gulf Loadings]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Serene Cheong]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:13:28 GMT</pubDate>
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