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The latest oil-price shock rippling through the economy is a refining crisis — not a crude crisis

MarketWatch Thursday 01 October 2026, 12:53 UTC By Claudia Assis 1 min read

Key Points

‘We’re solving the crude dilemma, but we are not solving the product dilemma’

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