Russia Says Fuel Crisis Is Easing as Refineries Restart
Russia Says Fuel Crisis Is Easing as Refineries Restart The fuel crisis in Russia has started to ease in recent days as some refineries have restarted operations, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Sunday.
“The situation is gradually stabilizing, a number of oil refineries became operational again.
The balance is better now, and the situation at fuel filling stations has considerably improved, including when it comes to supplying agricultural producers,” Russian news agencyInterfaxquoted the official as saying.
“The situation remains quite tense in some regions, especially in some regions in Siberia.
We are effectively resolving issues of fuel supply manually at the federal headquarters with regions and companies,” said Novak, who added that the crisis “situation is temporary.” Amid peak demand season, Russia has been suffering fromgasoline and diesel shortagesfor more than two months now, as Ukraine’s drone campaign to strike Russian refineries forced many large processing sites offline in the spring and early summer.
Early this month, Russia banned diesel exports to protect its domestic supply, creating a ripple effect on the alreadytight global diesel market.
Since the spring, Ukraine has been expanding its offensive to cripple supply in Russia by targeting fuel supply routes and vessels, alongside a persistent campaign to hit Russian refineries and force them out of operation.
In recent weeks, Ukrainian attacks turned their focus on targetingRussia-linked vesselsin the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, with more than a hundred vessels hit by drones, per the Ukrainian military.
The Russian oil export terminals on the Black Sea have also gone offline in recent days, following Ukrainian attacks.
Russia's largest Black Sea oil export terminal, Sheskharis terminal at Novorossiysk, effectivelywent offlinelast week, just days after drone attacks shut down the neighboring Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, tightening another artery that moves crude onto the global market.
The suspension of the CPC terminal loadings led to Kazakhstan cutting oil production, with output at Chevron’s giant Tengiz field reportedly falling by more than half as storage filled and producers were forced to reduce pipeline flows.
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| Product | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Crude | $102.14/bbl | +0.34% |
| WTI Crude | $96.90/bbl | +0.21% |
| EN590 Diesel | $846/MT | +0.18% |
| Jet Fuel A-1 | $1090/MT | +0.55% |
| Mazut M100 | $450/MT | -0.15% |
| Bitumen 60/70 | $470/MT | +0.08% |
| Sulphur Gran 99.5% | $470/MT | -0.44% |
| Urea 46% Gran | $650/MT | +1.12% |
| NPK 16-16-16 | $460/MT | -0.28% |
| Nat Gas TTF | $15.42/MMBtu | +0.92% |
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