🛢🇲🇦 Reuters: Russia has begun importing gasoline from Morocco.…
🛢🇲🇦 Reuters: Russia has begun importing gasoline from Morocco. Russia imported around 30,000 tons of AI-92 gasoline by sea from Morocco, according to Reuters, citing two sources.
Consensus
- Russia imported about 30,000 metric tons of gasoline AI-92 from Morocco.
- The shipment was transported by a Panamanian-flagged tanker.
- The tanker loaded the fuel in the port of Tangier, Morocco, in mid-July.
- The tanker is currently unloading in the port of Murmansk.
- The supplier of the fuel is the company Lukoil.
- The import is part of Russia's response to a domestic fuel shortage caused by Ukrainian drone strikes on oil infrastructure.
- The fuel shortage began in June and intensified in July, with production dropping to about 65% of average summer levels.
Points of divergence
- The entire import from Morocco would cover only about 1% of Russia's internal fuel consumption. — tg_istories_media
- The daily fuel deficit in Russia reached 35% in July, equivalent to 40–45 thousand tons per day. — tg_istories_media
- The import from India is reportedly sourced from the Nayara Energy refinery, which is jointly controlled by Rosneft and the Russian UCP group. — tg_istories_media
- The import from India may involve tankers arriving at the Vytino port on the White Sea, though this information is unconfirmed. — tg_istories_media
- Independent analyst Leonid Khazanov estimates that Russia may import a maximum of 2 million tons of petroleum products by the end of the year. — tg_istories_media
- The import of fuel from Belarus reached record levels in the first half of the year, with a 20-fold increase in gasoline imports compared to the previous year. — tg_istories_media
- Morocco is likely the third country from which Russia is importing gasoline, following India and Kazakhstan. — tg_astrapress
- A second Indian tanker (Varg) is en route to the Suez Canal for transshipment to a Russian port. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- India is expected to supply about 100,000 tons of gasoline, and Kazakhstan will supply 50,000 tons 'as humanitarian aid'. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- The first Indian tanker arrived at the Vytino port in late July with 42,000 tons of fuel from the Vadinar refinery. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- Gasoline is being offered for rail transport from the Kolka station in Murmansk Oblast. — tg_echoonline_news
- Russia has stopped exporting diesel fuel by sea. — tg_echoonline_news
Coverage (8 sources)
- Reuters: Russia began importing gasoline from Morocco — Медиазона
- Russia began importing gasoline from Morocco. Most likely, the entire import will cover only 1% of domestic consumption — Важные истории
- 🛢🇲🇦 Russia began importing gasoline from Morocco — Радио Свобода
- Russia began importing Moroccan gasoline — Дождь
- Russia began importing gasoline from Morocco, — Reuters — ASTRA
- Russia began importing Moroccan gasoline — Дождь (Telegram)
- Fuel crisis: Russia began importing gasoline from Morocco — Reuters — ЭХО / Новости
- Russia began importing gasoline from Morocco — The Moscow Times