naphtha

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Around 70% of Japan’s consumption of naphtha, a key feedstock for plastics, comes from the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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

But in Asia the industry is set up to start with an oil derivative called naphtha.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"We estimate that naphtha inventories currently stand at around 20 days" in Japan, the world's fourth-biggest economy, analysts at Nomura warned last week.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

He was dressed in heavy furs, his face illuminated by the flame of a naphtha lamp.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman