Pakalipano, mafuta akuda adatsekedwa modzidzimutsa ndikugwa, msika waku East China udatsika pang'onopang'ono, kuchuluka kwa zofunsidwa kudakulirakulira, ndipo msika waku South China udasintha pang'ono. Kupatula Liaotong Petrochemical, mawu am'malo ena oyenga anali okhazikika kwakanthawi. Ngakhale OPEC idaganiza zoonjezera kupanga pang'ono, kugulitsa mafuta ndi mafuta amafuta aku US kudakwera, kufunikira koda nkhawa ndi mitengo yamafuta, ndipo kulimbikitsidwa kwa ndalama zosinthira madola aku US kudapondereza msika wamtsogolo wamafuta aku US. Mitengo yamafuta padziko lonse lapansi idatsekedwa; Makamaka, malonda a malonda si abwino, malonda enieni ndi ofooka, ndipo pali kusowa kwa mphamvu ya toluene. Ponseponse, chithandizo chabwino ndi chochepa, ndipo msika wamakono wa toluene wagwera pamtunda wopapatiza.