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russian seaborne fuel exports collapsed 46% year-on-year, with diesel and gasoil down 39% month-over-month in june to 1.8 million tonnes and primorsk ultra-low-sulphur diesel falling over 50%. the cause is unplanned refinery shutdowns from repeated drone strikes; traders warn exports could fall to minimal levels in july.

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a ukrainian drone struck moscow's largest refinery, sparking fire and prompting tatneft to announce nationwide fuel purchase caps across russia. ukraine's refinery strike rate has doubled since the start of 2026, producing cumulative shutdowns and declining fuel output. the fuel caps are the first visible domestic consumer-level rationing signal tied directly to the strike campaign, indicating the infrastructure damage is reaching distribution systems. 89%
ukraine struck russian oil export terminals at ust-luga, primorsk, and kirishi, facilities that handled roughly half of russia's 2025 oil exports. satellite imagery confirms fires at multiple sites simultaneously, an unusually coordinated hit on export infrastructure rather than refining capacity. 88%
a ukrainian naval drone struck one of three export moorings at the caspian pipeline consortium terminal in novorossiysk, halting loading of a route that carries over 1% of global oil supply; separate drone waves hit 13 electrical substations in occupied territories and four shadow-fleet vessels in the black and azov seas. the same week that hormuz closed, a second major oil artery was disabled — two chokepoints constricting simultaneously is structurally rare. 88%
russia banned diesel exports due to a domestic fuel shortage at the exact moment gulf supply is disrupted, welding two separate energy crises into a single global diesel drain. four institutional chiefs — iea, imf, world bank, wto — issued a coordinated statement that the middle east shock will linger despite fuel prices easing. that level of joint institutional signaling is rare and itself a marker of how seriously the disruption is being treated. 88%
traffic through the strait of hormuz fell to eight vessels in one day against a historical average of about 140, and liquefied natural gas exports through the corridor dropped 95 percent. the same passage carries roughly a quarter of seaborne oil and a third of traded urea fertilizer, so the disruption reaches food inputs as well as energy. 87%
vessel transits through the strait of hormuz dropped from 74 ships on june 24 to 22 by june 28 — a 70% compression — following us military strikes on iran june 27-29. recovery began to approximately 24 vessels by june 30. the strait carries 20-25% of world seaborne oil, making a 70% four-day collapse a significant structural disruption to global energy logistics, not a routine fluctuation. 87%

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