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by MichaelApproved 5576 days ago
I initially assumed that Japans energy gneration profile was similar to the US where it's almost all coal and LNG which is why I didn't think it would impact the oil market as much.

A bit of googling gave me this article which states that oil is actually more popular than coal. http://www.fepc.or.jp/english/energy_electricity/electric_po...

I still wonder if their demand will go up since a lot of the infrastructure is damaged and unusable. But if it does go up, chances are they'll need more fuel oil.