The exchange price of AI-92 gasoline exceeded 50 thousand rubles. for the first time in four months

The cost of AI-92 gasoline according to the results of trading on the St. Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange (SPIMEX) increased by 2.02% and amounted to 50,117 thousand rubles. per ton, follows from the data on website exchanges. The last time the price reached this level was November 15, 2023.

AI-95 gasoline rose in price by 2.16%, to 62.773 thousand rubles. per ton. Summer diesel fuel increased in price by 1.79%, reaching 63,991 thousand rubles. per ton. The cost of off-season diesel increased by 2.38%, to 63,879 thousand rubles. per ton. Winter diesel fuel rose in price by 1.31%, to 64.529 thousand rubles. per ton.

The price of a ton of jet fuel at the end of the auction amounted to 79.069 thousand rubles, having decreased by 0.30%. The cost of fuel oil decreased by 1.19%, to 26,523 thousand rubles. per ton, liquefied petroleum gas – by 0.64%, to 12.974 thousand rubles. per ton.

On the morning of March 12, a drone attacked LUKOIL’s Nizhny Novgorod refinery, as a result of which its largest primary processing unit was shut down. This reduced the plant’s capacity by half. Against the backdrop of damage to the refinery, the price of AI-95 gasoline on the St. Petersburg International Trading Exchange exchange increased in the European part of Russia by 1.3%, to 59.4 thousand rubles, AI-92 gasoline rose in price by 1.4%, to 47.6 thousand rubles . Summer diesel fuel rose in price by 1.4%, to 60.8 thousand rubles. per ton. Increase in stock prices for gasoline continued March 13.

On the morning of March 13, four drones attacked the Ryazan oil refinery of Rosneft, as a result of which two primary oil refining units were hit. They account for 70% of the plant’s capacity. The extent of the damage is unclear. On the same day due to UAV attacks was The work of the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery in the Rostov region was stopped. It was later restarted. At the Russian Ministry of Energy assuredthat there are no problems with supplying the domestic market with fuel. The department emphasized that all the needs of the Russian market for both gasoline and diesel fuel will be fully satisfied.

Read more about the consequences of drone attacks on refineries in the Kommersant article. “Drones are gathering over the refinery”.

Erdni Kagaltynov