September shipments increase to 8.08 million barrels a day Zhoushan emergency reserve got two cargoes last month: ICIS China’s crude imports rose to a record as a new strategic reserve site became operational and refineries prepare to process more oil. Net oil product exports also rose near a record. The world’s biggest energy user imported 33.06 million metric tons of crude in September, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Thursday. That’s about 8.08 million barrels a day. China’s net fuel exports were at 2.37 million tons last month, near the record 2.49 million in July. China received two crude cargoes last month to help fill the second phase of Zhoushan emergency reserve facility on Aoshan island, according to ICIS China, a Shanghai-based commodity researcher. The nation’s oil processing in the fourth quarter will climb more than 5 percent from the previous period as refineries […]