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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%
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%
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%
tanker transits through the strait of hormuz fell from 47 to 23 vessels in one week after attacks on commercial ships, with gps/ais spoofing returning to the waterway. roughly a fifth of the world's oil moves through this channel, and traffic halving in seven days is a structural shock, not a fluctuation — though loaded lng carriers from qatar still made the passage, keeping european gas prices contained. 86%
commercial shipping through the strait of hormuz collapsed to near zero between june 11 and 14, with only one crossing detected on tracking systems. a major japanese operator announced a multiweek suspension of transits pending confidence in a u.s.-iran deal. a near-total halt of traffic through one of the world's busiest oil chokepoints, driven by anticipation rather than a closure order, is structurally unusual. 86%

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