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Uncertainty looms as last oil tanker from Middle East arrives in California | First Thing

last oil tanker from the Middle East arrived in the state this week. The California Energy Commission vice-chair, Siva Gunda, [told legislators on Tuesday](https://www.kcra.com/article/california-oil-and-gas-supply-questions/71223963) that the state could meet fuel demand

Uncertainty looms as last oil tanker from Middle East heads to California

tanker headed from the Middle East arrived in the Golden state this week. The [Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-05-03/californias-last-oil-shipment) reported on Sunday that the New Corolla, which left the Middle East for California before

Your next flight could be more expensive as jet fuel costs soar

supply shocks. "It's really a double whammy," Shaw says. To put the scale of this disruption into perspective: The top three global exporters of jet fuel are China, South Korea and Kuwait. China