Signal · Commodities & Input Costs
China’s Teapots Look Beyond Iranian Oil amid U.S. Blockade
What the source reported
Source-reportedChina’s refiners have imported lower volumes of Iranian crude in August compared to July as the U.S. blockade reinstated in mid-July is squeezing crude supply to Iran’s top oil customer. So far this month, China is estimated to have imported about 534,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Iranian crude oil, down from an estimated 823,000 bpd in July, according to preliminary data by Kpler cited by Reuters. The reinstated U.S. blockade on Iranian oil exports is preventing new supply from Iran to leave the Persian Gulf, while the…
- Publication
- Oilprice.com · Trade Publication
- Published
- 21st August 2026
- Original report
- oilprice.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Commodities & Input Costs
- Geography
- Global
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 21st August 2026 · 17:33
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
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Initial Significance Moderate (25.0/100). Strongest contributor: Geographic Breadth (7.0/10 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Geographic Breadth
- Limiting factor
- Likely Event Severity