More Than 70% of Gas Stations in Russia Have Been Left Without Gasoline
Russia has been hit by a second wave of the fuel crisis — this week, gasoline and diesel were available at only a third of the country's gas stations. This is according to The Moscow Times , UATV English reports. According to the publication, as of August 16, gasoline or diesel was available at only 28.1% of gas stations in Russia, compared to 41% a week earlier. Over the past seven days, fuel…
In Russia, more than half of the gas stations have been left without gasoline due to a worsening fuel crisis, reports UATV English. As of August 16, only 28.1% of gas stations were offering gasoline or diesel, down from 41% a week earlier. The decline in fuel availability has been reported across various regions, including Volgograd, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Voronezh, Samara, Penza, Saratov, Lipetsk, Rostov, and Tatarstan.
Authorities in eight regions have confirmed issues at gas stations, including Krasnodar Krai, Kaluga, and Nizhny Novgorod. Residents of 13 other regions, such as Moscow, Irkutsk, Arkhangelsk, and Tomsk, also reported fuel shortages on social media. On August 17, Russian journalists found that only seven AI-92 stations, six AI-95 stations, and five AI-98 stations in Moscow and the Moscow region had fuel for sale.
The fuel crisis may worsen in early September, as one of the two refineries in Belarus that supplies Russia will undergo repairs. Additionally, several large Russian plants are scheduled for maintenance. According to S&P Global, the crisis could be exacerbated by Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries, with at least 26 refineries knocked out between January and July.
As of August, four more plants were forced to halt operations. Oil refining in Russia has plummeted to its lowest level since May 2002, with production estimated at 3.6 million barrels per day by EA Analytics, though it rose to 4 million barrels in August. Social media has been flooded with videos of long lines for gasoline in Moscow, the Moscow region, and other parts of Russia.
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