China will emerge as a new term gasoline supplier to Japan in April when a Japanese refiner starts lifting Chinese barrels under a six-month supply deal — which may pressure imports from South Korea, Japan’s top oil product supplier. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Cosmo Oil, which recently inked the six-month gasoline supply deal with a Chinese state-owned oil company, will lift two MR-sized cargoes from China in April, marking the first import from its East Asian neighbor this year, a company source told S&P Global Platts. Cosmo Oil, which imports gasoline from China sporadically, moved ahead to seek the term supply from the Chinese oil […]