EghtesadOnline: Refineries in Iran are operating at full capacity converting two million barrels of crude oil into petroleum products a day, the secretary-general of Oil Refining Industry Cooperative Association said.

EghtesadOnline: Japanese refiners have started weighing alternative crude supply sources that would not need to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, including from the Red Sea side in Saudi Arabia, West Africa and the US, amid rising tensions in the region, Petroleum Association of Japan President Takashi Tsukioka said Friday.

EghtesadOnline: Refineries led the slide in Tehran stocks Tuesday as an early rally faded, giving the benchmark TEDPIX index its fourth straight loss.