
According to Bloomberg, the lifting of US sanctions on Russian diesel exports will have a limited impact on prices and will not resolve the critical issues in the market, aggravated by the conflict in the Middle East and the damage to Russian infrastructure.
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US sanctions on Russian diesel exports were the subject of an agreement between Presidents Trump and Putin. The energy market is also affected by the continuing conflict in the Middle East.
The lifting of US sanctions on Russian diesel exports will not "solve the market problems" that are due to the continuing war in the Middle East but could only have a "cooling of prices" effect. This is what Bloomberg analysts write in a report according to which Russia may not be able to physically export fuel following Ukraine's repeated attacks on Russian infrastructure.
The experts then point out that even if the quantities announced by US President Trump in the agreement with Russian President Putin are respected (300,000 tonnes of diesel, another 500,000 tonnes in November and 1,000,000 tonnes immediately afterwards), "this is a modest increase given that the United States alone consumes 3.7 million barrels of diesel per day out of a production of 5.3 million".
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Modest increase in Russian diesel supply on the market.
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