Private refiners denied fuel export quotas so far this year Government seen reining in processors to combat pollution: EA A little over a year ago, China’s fast-growing private fuel makers were the newly minted stars of the global oil market, importing crude from the world’s biggest producers and seeking to sell their products abroad in a threat to rivals across Asia. Now, as the government cracks down on pollution and a glut of fuel at home, some traders who the refiners lured with an ambition to establish a global footprint are finding they have nothing to do. The processors, known as teapots, have been denied export licenses by the government, meaning they’ll have to remain home to compete with state-owned refining giants. That’s a relief for the wider Asian fuel market already overwhelmed by cheap supplies of Chinese gasoline and diesel, according to BMI Research. “We had specially hired […]