{
  "id": 16865118,
  "title": "China Refiners Tap African, Brazilian Oil as Freight Rates Fall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/china-refiners-tap-african-brazilian-oil-as-freight-rates-fall",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T06:20:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-28/china-refiners-tap-african-brazilian-oil-as-freight-rates-fall"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chinese refiners are buying crude from West Africa and Brazil after a drop in long-haul freight rates cut costs, giving them more supply options as competition for Russian barrels intensifies.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}