Japanese Refinery Runs Jump

摘要

Japanese refinery runs popped up to 3.19million b/d, or 76.1% of capacity, in theweek to Jun. 18, according to data releasedWednesday by the Petroleum Association ofJapan (PAJ). They increased from 2.93 mil-lion b/d the previous week.Crude stocks built despite the higher re-finery runs, adding 1.37 million bbl to standat 109.67 million bbl. Onshore productstocks fell 1.09 million bbl, or 1.25%, to86.39 million bbl, mainly because of a largedrop in naphtha stocks.