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naphtha

[naf-thuh, nap-] / ˈnæf θə, ˈnæp- /


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In the Xinjiang region, where coal prices are among the lowest in the country, production of naphtha and diesel from coal nearly doubled in 2025 from the previous year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Around 60 percent of the naphtha imported to Asia comes from the Gulf.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Importers will need to rebuild depleted crude-oil reserves and stockpile more naphtha, jet fuel and other oil-derived products to prepare for another shock.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Before the war, around 40% of Japan's naphtha was imported from the Middle East, Japan's deputy chief cabinet secretary Kei Sato told reporters on Tuesday.

From BBC May 12, 2026

However, he was alert, and he snapped open the spy hole, at the same time opening the tap that allowed a flow of naphtha past the pilot light in the buttress outside.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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