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News & Current Events Mar 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM

Russia to introduce ban on gasoline exports from April 1, govt says

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Otterfan Mar 27, 2026 +215
Worth pointing out this is gasoline exports, not oil exports. Russia exported about 5 million metric tons of gasoline last year. In comparison, they exported about 240 million metric tons of oil.
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ksye Mar 28, 2026 +22
How much gasoline can one metric ton of Russian oil make?
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Hot_Cupcake7787 Mar 28, 2026 +20
just under half a ton
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deadly88 Mar 28, 2026 +24
It varies, but crude oil yields roughly 45% gasoline and 26% diesel by volume, the rest goes to jet fuel, lubricants, asphalt, etc and a bit is waste. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/refining-crude-oil.php
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xX609s-hartXx Mar 28, 2026 +3
And how many metric tons of their refineries got bombed?
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Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 Mar 28, 2026 +3
A lot
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BetSquare7190 Mar 27, 2026 +88
If Ukraine continues to destroy their oil infrastructure, they could be forced to reduce their oil exports as well.
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Dauntless_Idiot Mar 27, 2026 +32
>[Reuters calculations suggest ](https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Ukraine-Knocks-Out-40-of-Russias-Oil-Export-Capacity-in-Baltic-Drone-Strike.html)as much as 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity is currently offline, factoring in port outages, pipeline issues, and tanker-related disruptions. A higher percentage of Russian export infrastructure is damaged/offline. Last I saw the gulf was around \~20% of total, but not all of that can be transported.
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txdv Mar 28, 2026 +2
arent they targeting end product refineries so the world supply for oil does not go down? did their strategy change after the hormuz blockade?
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GabeIsGone Mar 28, 2026 +1
They avoided targeting some oil infrastructure at behest of US last year, but since Trump has pulled all the support he can from Ukraine they probably doin whatever is best for themselves (as they should).
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Low-Method3448 Mar 28, 2026 -89
Hope they don’t. Ukraine making this whole oil crisis more difficult
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Firov Mar 28, 2026 +48
Yes. How dare they defend themselves from a brutal invader... 
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cagelight Mar 28, 2026 +24
F****** disgusting thing to say, they are in a defensive war against a terrorist regime, they're allowed to use any means necessary to defend themselves
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Low-Method3448 Mar 28, 2026 -30
Defensive war sure but if it doesn’t affect us back home that’s all that matters
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South-Attorney-5209 Mar 28, 2026 +19
And I hope the destroy all of it.
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AndyTheSane Mar 28, 2026 +1
No, Russia made it worse by pointlessly invading Ukraine.
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jazir55 Mar 27, 2026 +20
"Russia decides it has lost so badly it has to quit its job"
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Narf234 Mar 27, 2026 +5
Just wait until countries start doing this with oil production. Think the crunch is bad now, wait until even more supply exits the open market.
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unserious-dude Mar 27, 2026 +15
Russia is basically a giant gas station. The pump is drying now?
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jared555 Mar 27, 2026 +52
They have plenty of oil but I believe several of their refineries have had mysterious explosions for totally unpredictable reasons.
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vreemdevince Mar 28, 2026 +7
Disassembled for routine maintenance. All the fire? We're just burning off the residue, part of standard cleaning procedure.
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Weewoofiatruck Mar 27, 2026 +8
No, just stopping refined petrol gas. Not crude or LNG
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Unlikely-Elk1738 Mar 27, 2026 -2
You don't know the difference between oil and gas lol
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Loose_Skill6641 Mar 27, 2026 +9
Pretty sure Russia has had a ban on refined fuel exports for the last two years already
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Careless_Mud4724 Mar 28, 2026 +3
It has been typical of Russia to ban gasoline export during summer driving seasons, at least for last 4 years. They don't have too much of surplus refining capacity when it comes to gasoline.
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Significant-Board718 Mar 27, 2026 +1
They will cont selling to “friendly nations”
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Succubus-Empress Mar 28, 2026 +5
You mean india?
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mad-data Mar 28, 2026 +1
No, they continue selling crude oil to anyone they can. But they don't have enough gasoline for internal market, so the ban. 
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Significant-Board718 Mar 28, 2026 -1
Ban Russian oil ha
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adilfc Mar 28, 2026 +1
Is it because Ukraine destroyed so much of their infrastructure or to interfere gas prices even more?
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