Japan's JX set to increase crude processing m-o-m in July

Oil

Japan's largest refiner JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation announced on Friday that it expected to increase crude processing for domestic use in July to 954K b/d, up from 803K b/d in June, Reuters reports. This is down by 1% from the same period a year ago. The company also noted that it expected to restart a fire-hit crude distillation unit at its Kashima refinery soon. ��