Pakadali pano, mafuta osaphika anatsekedwa modzidzimutsa ndipo anatsika, msika wa East China unatsika pang'ono, kuchuluka kwa mafuta ofunikira kunakula, ndipo msika wa South China unasinthasintha pang'ono. Kupatula Liaotong Petrochemical, mawu ochokera ku mafakitale ena oyeretsera mafuta anali okhazikika kwakanthawi. Ngakhale kuti OPEC inaganiza zokweza kupanga pang'ono, mafuta osaphika ndi mafuta aku US anakwera, kufunikira kuda nkhawa ndi mitengo yamafuta, komanso kulimba kwa ndalama zosinthira ndalama za US kunachepetsa msika wamafuta amtsogolo omwe amapangidwa ndi dola yaku US. Mitengo yamafuta apadziko lonse inatsekedwa; Makamaka, malonda a wogulitsa si abwino, malonda enieni ndi ofooka, ndipo palibe kuwonjezeka kwa toluene. Ponseponse, chithandizo chabwino ndi chochepa, ndipo msika wa toluene wapano watsika pang'ono.