Russia Considers Diesel Export Ban and Gasoline Imports From Kazakhstan
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced that authorities are considering a ban on diesel exports for fuel producers for several months, TASS reported on Friday, as the government implements emergency measures to stabilize domestic fuel supplies. Moscow is also in talks with Kazakhstan to import approximately 50,000 metric tons of AI-92 gasoline to address a shortage in motor fuel, Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said.
The export curbs and import plans follow a sharp contraction in Russian fuel availability, with market analysts estimating a deficit of about 125,000 barrels per day. At least two-thirds of Russia's regions are now rationing fuel or facing disruptions; the Nizhny Novgorod refinery, the country's second-largest gasoline producer, recently halted operations. Novak attributed a 20% to 30% increase in fuel demand to "panic buying" and logistics issues, though he did not mention unscheduled maintenance at refineries caused by Ukrainian drone strikes, which industry sources identified as the primary driver of the supply crisis. Kazakhstan confirmed it has not yet received an official request for fuel exports despite cutting crude output at its Karachaganak field.
From the sources (25 posts)
@financialjuiceRussia’s Deputy PM Novak: Situation on fuel market is not simple, but under control
@firstsquawkRUSSIA'S NOVAK SAYS SITUATION ON FUEL MARKET IS NOT SIMPLE, BUT UNDER CONTROL
@firstsquawkRUSSIA'S NOVAK SAYS WE ARE ABLE TO DEAL WITH CHALLENGES
@financialjuiceRussia’s Deputy PM Novak: We have delayed maintenance of oil refineries
@zerohedge*NOVAK: RUSSIA CONSIDERS DIESEL EXPORT BAN
@financialjuiceRussia’s Deputy PM Novak: Russia considers diesel export ban.
@financialjuiceRussia’s Deputy PM Novak: As of today, oil companies have increased fuel production to the maximum levels
@financialjuiceRussia’s Deputy PM Novak: We are using fuel reserves
@firstsquawkRUSSIA'S NOVAK SAYS WE CONSIDER DIESEL EXPORTS BAN
@firstsquawkRUSSIA'S NOVAK SAYS AS OF TODAY, OIL COMPANIES HAVE INCREASED FUEL PRODUCTION TO THE MAXIMUM LEVELS
@firstsquawkRUSSIA'S NOVAK: WE ARE USING FUEL RESERVES || TAX PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN OFFERED
@staunovo#Russia considers diesel export ban - deputy PM Novak #oott
@staunovo#Russia is considering a complete ban on diesel exports and other measures to stabilise its domestic fuel market, amid ongoing challenges following Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure. #oott
@staunovo#Russia’s gasoline crunch is worsening, with at least two-thirds of the country’s regions introducing fuel rationing or suffering supply disruptions following relentless Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries. On an almost daily basis, regi
@staunovoWhat measures has Russia introduced to address fuel shortages? #oott
@osinttechnicalRussian search inquiries for “how to siphon gasoline” have skyrocketed as shortages, driven by Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, have spiked.
@prestonstew_Fuel rationing continues to spread across Russia. Today new restrictions were announced in the Tyumen and Penza regions
@trenttelenkoRT @prestonstew_: Fuel rationing continues to spread across Russia. Today new restrictions were announced in the Tyumen and Penza regions…
@trenttelenkoRT @JayinKyiv: Russians now paying almost 2x higher gasoline prices than the US, but with only 15% of the median salary, IF you can even fi…
@prestonstew_"Current production is indeed somewhat lower than it was at the beginning of the year. This is due to the fact that a number of our oil refineries are currently undergoing unscheduled maintenance." -Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak The
@wartranslatedDespite authorities allowing up to 200 liters of gasoline to be transported across the bridge, Russians are only permitted to buy 30 liters at gas stations.
@trenttelenkoRT @delfoo: The previous system that required tanker trucks carrying fuel to have permits to enter Moscow city has been abolished due to th…
@trenttelenkoRT @igorsushko: Fuel crisis in Russia: The few gas stations that do have gasoline in Rostov region are now charging 140 rub - $1.88 per lit…
@trenttelenkoRT @NOELreports: ❗️Another Bingo. Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod NORSI refinery, its fourth-largest and second-biggest gasoline producer, halted…
@trenttelenkoRussia is suffering a fuel distribution crisis that it has neither the free markets nor the honest civic government & polity to do an economically viable ration system with. Russia won’t run out of fuel, but it can’t avoid the consequ