MOSCOW/SEOUL/LONDON—The gathering of the world’s top oil traders, London International Petroleum Week, will be less crowded this year as the bulk of traders in Asia plan either to cut or cancel their Feb. 24-27 travel plans due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The new coronavirus, COVID-19, which originated in China late last year, has spread to other countries. Japan, which shares the rank of the world’s top energy importers with China, has the second largest number of cases.
