{"id":147598,"date":"2026-03-10T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147598"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:00:14","slug":"bolstering-oil-stockpile-chinas-import-surge-seen-creating-a-120-day-shock-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147598","title":{"rendered":"Bolstering oil stockpile, China\u2019s import surge seen creating a 120-day shock shield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s surge in crude imports early this year has strengthened its stockpiles against a backdrop of rising Middle East tensions and global supply risks.<br \/>\nChina imported 96.93 million tonnes of crude in January and February, up 15.8 per cent from the same period in 2025, according to customs data released on Tuesday. The value of those imports, meanwhile, fell 5.2 per cent from last year in US dollar terms.<br \/>\n\u201cChina was accumulating oil and gas stockpiles [earlier this year], with the market&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/global-economy\/article\/3346121\/bolstering-oil-stockpile-chinas-import-surge-seen-creating-120-day-shock-shield?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s surge in crude imports early this year has strengthened its stockpiles against a backdrop of rising Middle East tensions and global supply risks.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147598"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}