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naphtha

[naf-thuh, nap-] / ˈnæf θə, ˈnæp- /


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Asian chemicals companies will most likely buy more naphtha when it becomes available.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

An April survey by Seidanren, which represents consumer-goods companies and consumer organizations in Japan, found that 44% of more than 100 companies polled have already felt some effects from the naphtha shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Supplies of naphtha, a byproduct of oil refining used in ink and plastics, have also been hit hard.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

By April 15, officials announced they had locked in 273 million barrels of crude and 2.1 million tons of naphtha through year-end on routes that bypassed Hormuz.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

On a side table under a naphtha lamp lay a battered wooden box, certainly the right size to contain the instrument she knew.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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