Purchases from the Gulf accounted for 27.6 per cent of China’s total crude imports in July, up over 10 percentage points from the month before.

Beijing’s vast stockpiles and reduced crude imports have helped absorb a supply shock that might otherwise have sent global prices soaring

Purchases from the Gulf accounted for 27.6 per cent of China’s total crude imports in July, up over 10 percentage points from the month before.