naphtha
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she has assigned a team of ministers to tackle the shortages, but denied a major shortage, saying Japan still has secured at least four months’ worth of naphtha.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The country last week imposed temporary export curbs on naphtha because of a supply crunch as shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have stalled since late February.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Those stockpiles only last about 20 days, and half of all refiners that rely on naphtha to make plastic products have already cut output, Thieliant pointed out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The price of naphtha shipped into Asia has soared 60 percent since the war began.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
In the naphtha lamplight there was a gleam of dark gold: it was a lock of hair, and the President was twisting it between his fingers, turning it this way and that.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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