MK254
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- May 11, 2013
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Japo inaongoza kwenye uzalishaji wa mafuta lakini vinu vyake vimekumbwa na matatizo, haviwi maintained, na anguko la hela ya Urusi yaani ruble kumechangia pakubwa......
Hawa wazungu wa Urusi sijui kwanini waliingia kwenye huu uzombi, walikua vizuri sana, wamekua kama waarabu sasa.
Empty petrol tankers wait to fill up at a tanker filling station some 30km (18 miles) outside Moscow April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights
Traders said that the fuel market has been hit by a combination of different factors including maintenance at oil refineries, infrastructure bottlenecks on railways and the weaker rouble which incentivises fuel exports.
Russia has tried to tackle diesel and gasoline shortages over recent months, contemplating export curbs as the last-ditch attempt to prevent a serious fuel crisis - which is sensitive for the Kremlin ahead of a presidential election in March.
A government decision to cut subsidies for refineries is likely worsen the availability of fuel in the world's biggest grain exporter.
Regional oil product depots in Russia's southern regions have had to cut or even suspend fuel sales, while retail filling stations were forced to limit fuel sale volumes to customers.
Hawa wazungu wa Urusi sijui kwanini waliingia kwenye huu uzombi, walikua vizuri sana, wamekua kama waarabu sasa.
Empty petrol tankers wait to fill up at a tanker filling station some 30km (18 miles) outside Moscow April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights
- Summary
- Oil plants repairs, weaker rouble spark fuel crunch
- Fuel wholesale prices jump, retail prices are capped
- Government works to solve crisis by trying to curb exports
Traders said that the fuel market has been hit by a combination of different factors including maintenance at oil refineries, infrastructure bottlenecks on railways and the weaker rouble which incentivises fuel exports.
Russia has tried to tackle diesel and gasoline shortages over recent months, contemplating export curbs as the last-ditch attempt to prevent a serious fuel crisis - which is sensitive for the Kremlin ahead of a presidential election in March.
A government decision to cut subsidies for refineries is likely worsen the availability of fuel in the world's biggest grain exporter.
Regional oil product depots in Russia's southern regions have had to cut or even suspend fuel sales, while retail filling stations were forced to limit fuel sale volumes to customers.
Russia faces domestic fuel crunch, braces for more shortages
Russia, one of the world's biggest oil producers, has faced shortages of fuel crucial for gathering the harvest in some parts of its southern breadbasket and the situation may get worse in coming months, market sources told Reuters.
www.reuters.com