920 metric tonne crude column transported from shipyard to refinery A large number of people thronged the Scindia Junction in the morning to witness the gigantic task.

China's refinery processing and crude imports were unambiguously weak in July, but the world's largest oil importer still added to stockpiles, maintaining a trend of building inventories.

A column of black smoke, preceded by some explosions, arose in the very early afternoon of today in the Eni refinery in Stagno, in the province of Livorno.