{
  "id": 5564778,
  "title": "Why are fuel and petrochemical prices outpacing crude – and how long will it last?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/why-are-fuel-and-petrochemical-prices-outpacing-crude-and-how-long",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T13:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3366432/why-are-fuel-and-petrochemical-prices-outpacing-crude-and-how-long-will-it-last"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This summer, David Chen, a Chinese national living in Japan, got an unexpected lesson in global industrial supply chains – delivered through a bag of potato chips. When popular Japanese snack brand Calbee replaced its signature colourful packaging with monochrome designs, Chen initially assumed it was a marketing gimmick. “Then news reports explained the switch stemmed from a naphtha supply…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}