In Moscow and the Moscow region, there have been gasoline shortages again – some gas stations are out of fuel, and queues are forming at the gas stations where it remains. The shortage of AI-95 gasoline has become especially noticeable.

As Censor.NET reports, Russian media outlets are reporting this, citing reports from residents of Moscow and the Moscow region.

AI-95 is disappearing from Moscow gas stations

According to Russians, AI-95 is not available at some Gazprom and Rosneft gas stations, where a liter costs about 71–74 rubles, as well as at Neftmagistral and Teboil gas stations, where prices reach 85–95 rubles and higher.

One of the residents said that on the way out of town he was only able to find AI-95 at one gas station, near which a long queue had formed.

Problems are also reported on the Yaroslavl highway. According to a local resident, only about half of the gas stations are open there, and in some places, queues extend directly onto the highway.

Another Moscow resident said that she could not find AI-95 at several gas stations she visited, and where there was gasoline, its cost reached 120 rubles per liter.

“Where there is gasoline, the lines are long again at night, at many gas stations there is no gasoline at all,” said one of the residents of the Russian capital.

There are also reports of empty Teboil and Trassa gas stations on Krasnoarmiysky Highway and a shortage of gasoline at Tatneft gas stations in Korolev.

Fuel problems are already being recorded in at least 18 regions of the Russian Federation

Gasoline outages in Moscow and the region arose against the backdrop of a new series of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries.

According to Russian media, fuel problems are already being recorded in at least 18 regions of the Russian Federation. In addition to Moscow and the Moscow region, they are reported in Kaluga, Saratov, Smolensk, Rostov, Tambov, Tula, Ulyanovsk, Penza, Orenburg, Ryazan, Lipetsk and Voronezh regions, Bashkortostan, as well as in Primorsky, Krasnodar and Krasnoyarsk territories.

In particular, in the Orenburg region, the Orsk Refinery, the region’s only major oil refinery, was brought to a standstill after a drone strike . Local authorities reported damage to key infrastructure and warned that repairs could take up to six months due to imported equipment and sanctions.

Oil refining in Russia has fallen to its lowest level since 2002

According to EA Analytics, in July, oil refining volumes in Russia fell to 3.6 million barrels per day – the lowest level since 2002.

A source from the Russian Kommersant newspaper in the fuel market previously suggested that by the end of the year, Russian refineries will most likely not be able to return to previous fuel production volumes. Джерело: https://censor.net/ua/n4018248

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