... 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 ...

... Unsurprisingly, the ban was lifted at the end of May but reintroduced in August after both wholesale and retail gasoline prices spiked sharply in June and July. This surge was primarily driven by high seasonal demand during the vacation period and rising oil prices at that time. According to Dmitry Gusev, deputy chairman of the supervisory board of the "Reliable Partner" association and a member of the expert council of the "Russian Gas Station" competition, the end of the high-demand season and the production capabilities of Russian refineries make reopening exports justifiable. If prices rise rapidly, the government retains the right to reimpose the ban. Current gasoline production ...

Discussing the reasons behind the government's ban on gasoline exports and what this means for the domestic market and fuel prices. Russia has implemented ... ... ban to major producers, although previously it only applied to traders and smaller oil refineries (OR). "The decision was made to maintain a stable situation in the... ... According to the latest published data from Rosstat, as of July 21, AI-92 gasoline at gas stations averaged 57.66 rubles per liter, up by 1.1% since the beginning of the...