The first Japanese oil tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the Iran war has arrived in Japan.
The Idemitsu Maru, an oil tanker belonging to energy conglomerate Idemitsu Kosan, docked at a pier off the coast of Chita City, Aichi Prefecture, around noon Monday, almost a month after it had reportedly passed through the strait in late April.
The ship carried about 2 million barrels of crude oil from Saudi Arabia, which will be processed at the company¡¯s Chita refinery. In addition to gasoline, the refinery also produces naphtha, a key petroleum-based product with wide applications in various industries.
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