U.S. Navy to ship jet fuel from Japan to Korea

[Javaman]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101201/wl_nm/us_korea_north_oil

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is looking to transport jet fuel to South Korea from Japan, describing the shipment as routine even though shipping and energy brokers said such trade normally moves in the other direction.

The United States is involved in joint military maneuvers with South Korea this week and with Japan next week. Both come less than 10 days after North Korea fired scores of artillery rounds into a South Korean island near the disputed northern maritime border.

The navy entered the freight spot market this week to charter an oil tanker to move at least 30,000 tons of jet fuel, used by the U.S. military to power everything from tanks to fighter planes, between the two Asian countries.

The U.S. military on Wednesday said the shipment was routine and unrelated to current events on the peninsula.

[FreakinDJ]

1. Korea has a New 600,000 Barrel per Day Refinery

designed for exporting refined fuels and probably a much cheaper operating cost then Japan too

[Javaman]

3. This is refined jet fuel. It's not raw product and it's going to Korea, not from. nt

[MilesColtrane]

2. They're certainly acting as if war is immanent.

Not good...

[JVS]

4. S Korea probably plans to do some bombing.