... little incentive to limit price increases for these grades. Additionally, trading liquidity for AI-98 on exchanges is significantly lower than for AI-92. As a result, the primary sales channel for AI-98 consists of direct shipments from refineries to oil depots and gas stations, bypassing the exchange. This leads to lower competition in the AI-98 distribution chain compared to AI-92, contributing to the accelerated price growth. According to analysts at OPEN OIL MARKET, the risks of price increases could be mitigated ...

... Investors The Russian stock market concluded the previous week with little significant movement, reflecting a mixed influence of internal and external factors. High oil prices and expectations of strong corporate results supported stock quotes in the oil and gas and raw materials sectors. At the same time, persistent geopolitical uncertainty and restrictions on certain industries restrained more active index growth. Investors in Russia are closely awaiting the start of the first half of 2025 earnings reports ...

... alternatives. One option is a "serious" increase in exchange norms for gasoline and diesel, which currently stand at 15% and 16% of production volumes, respectively. "Increasing the exchange norms will significantly increase fuel availability for independent gas stations, which will help curb retail price growth," he says. Impact of Manual Management on the Market The downside ... ... of managing the domestic fuel market is the lack of long-term planning opportunities, says Viktor Katona, senior analyst for oil markets at Kpler. In this system, companies do not know how long gasoline exports will be allowed, so they will produce only ...

... the Marketplace Solve for Buyers? The key advantage of the marketplace is the reduction of intermediaries between the buyer and seller. For businesses consuming large volumes of fuel, it is inconvenient to buy it at gas stations. For example, construction machinery cannot be refueled using a fuel pump. Such companies prefer to order from ... ... suppliers with delivery to their production sites. Some may require special types of petroleum products only available from oil traders. To find the most profitable offer, one must call several traders to compare prices, etc. There are many intermediaries ...

... a ton, so the wholesale price per liter of this grade is 55.32 rubles. However, the gasoline still needs to be delivered to gas stations, which also pay taxes, employee salaries, and spend money on maintaining operations. The damping mechanism has been in place in the Russian fuel market since 2019. In ... ... was only nullified once, in September last year, during the height of the fuel crisis. At that time, the rules for payments to oil companies were changed, with a coefficient of 0.5 (instead of 1) reducing the compensation by half. Fuel prices rose and exceeded ...