... Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is closely monitoring retail pricing. However, this understanding is not law. The FAS ensures that the cost of fuel at gas stations is not inflated but does not set price ceilings. Gas stations purchase fuel in bulk at oil depots, on exchanges, and from refineries (NPPs). When wholesale prices rise significantly and rapidly, an increase in retail prices becomes unavoidable. The AI-95 gasoline brand has notably excelled, reaching an all-time high on Monday, August 4, exceeding 77,000 rubles per ton. By ...

... AI-95, though it accounts for only about 40% of exchange sales. Gusev highlights the need to separate AI-92 and AI-95 in regulatory mandates, as current rules combine all grades, leading to disparities. According to Sergey Tereshkin, CEO of the Open Oil Market platform, the faster price growth for AI-98 and above is tied to infrastructure damage at refineries, specifically to high-octane fuel production facilities. Sanctions on equipment imports mean it will take a long time to address this issue. As a result, annual price growth for gasoline in 2024 is expected to exceed inflation rates, even with ...

... impose a temporary export ban and return to previous rules. This year, the crisis is linked to the risk of fuel shortages and the long-term impact of sanctions, which was not as noticeable in 2022-2023: due to restrictions on equipment supplies for refineries, oil producers have no ability to quickly ramp up product output. Technological problems are compounded by the gradual depletion of the budget's safety cushion. The federal budget deficit for January-October 2024 was 220 billion rubles, and by the end ...

... gasoline for the population to avoid social discontent. Meanwhile, in the Middle East and India, refining is booming: local refineries, oriented towards exporting diesel and jet fuel, are operating at maximum capacity, saturating the global market with oil products. On the other hand, structural changes in the industry—such as the closure of several outdated refineries in Western Europe and the U.S. (including the decommissioning of some facilities in California)—pose risks of localized supply reductions in the future. However, as of now, summer 2025 is relatively quiet for the oil products market: fuel ...

... developing countries (such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and several African states), high prices for imported fuel create tension – authorities are forced to subsidize gasoline for the public to avoid social discontent. Meanwhile, in the Middle East and India, oil refining is hitting record highs: local refineries, focused on exporting diesel and jet fuel, are operating at maximum capacity, saturating the global market with products. On the other hand, structural changes in the sector – such as the closure of several outdated refineries in Western ...