On the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange began selling gasoline from India.
According to the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange, on August 19, 360 thousand liters of Ai-92 gasoline from India. Tankers go to Murmansk, and fuel is shipped from the Cola station.
As stated in the results of the auction, the entire volume was sold at 105 thousand rubles per ton. This is significantly higher than the cost of domestic gasoline. On August 19, it was sold at an average of 72,403 rubles per ton.
The day before, InfoTEK wrote, citing sources, that gasoline brought to Murmansk in early August could not be put up for auction for a long time, as importers could not agree on the sale price in the domestic market.
"Due to expensive and complex logistics, importers offered traders to purchase gasoline at a price of up to 150 thousand rubles per ton, while Russian regulators insisted that products be sold at domestic prices," the publication wrote.
It is not known at what price the Indian Ai-92 will get to the gas station. It is known that the government has also installed a damping mechanism for imported fuel, which provides for compensation to the supplier for the price difference on the world and domestic markets.
Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the first batch of gasoline from India was delivered in early August — 42 thousand tons. At the same time, the Egyptian port of Dumyat has become a transit point where gasoline is reloaded from tanker to tanker.
Supplies come from the Indian Nayara Energy. This Indian private oil refiner is under EU sanctions, and its co-owner is Rosneft.
As EADaily reported, Russia was hit by the second wave of the fuel crisis after unscheduled refinery repairs due to drone attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak promised that the situation would improve soon. According to him, imports have already started and several refineries are expected to return to operation at once.
Experts told EADaily that the balance in the fuel market can be maintained, but the situation is on the verge of deficit every time. For example, about 10% of gas stations do not work in the Krasnodar Territory. The situation is complicated by the holiday season, as there are no fewer motorists.