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- Recent data indicates that the conflict involving Iran has led to a significant reduction in global diesel supplies, surpassing the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war.
- Despite President Donald Trump's claims that the Russia-Ukraine conflict is the primary driver of record-high diesel prices, energy experts highlight that Middle Eastern disruptions are creating a historically tight market.
- While Russian refinery attacks have also strained supply, analysts suggest that the cumulative effect of these geopolitical tensions continues to keep fuel costs at record highs.
What to watch next
- Whether Russia extends its diesel export ban beyond October.
- Potential progress on a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire regarding energy infrastructure strikes.
- Future fluctuations in global diesel prices following Middle East supply constraints.
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Donald Trump
US President
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“The World’s Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran”
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…Diesel prices have never been higher. US President Donald Trump contends that’s not because of the war he started nearly seven months ago. “ The World’s Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran ,” Trump said in a social media post this week. He’s since reiterated the assertion. But according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg and double-checked with diesel traders, the Iran war has removed more diesel supply…
Taylor Rogers
White House spokeswoman
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“The President is right: the Russia-Ukraine war, which would never have started if President Trump had been in office, has greatly contributed to diesel prices reaching record highs. Thanks to President Trump’s energy dominance agenda, the United States is the world’s leading producer and exporter of oil.”
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…he said. Taking hundreds of thousands of further barrels off the market “turned a super tight market into a historically tight one.” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said in an emailed statement on Friday that “ The President is right: the Russia-Ukraine war, which would never have started if President Trump had been in office, has greatly contributed to diesel prices reaching record highs. Thanks to President Trump’s energy dominance agenda, the United States is the world’s leading producer and exporter of oil. ” As a country, Russia is typically the world’s second-largest exporter of diesel, the industrial fuel essential for everything from freight to agriculture. In 2024, it averaged around 930,000 barrels a day of exports…
Eugene Lindell
head of refined products at consultancy FGE NexantECA
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“In pure volumetric terms Iran is bigger”
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…were lost from the Middle East. Critically, the loss of Russian supplies occurred months into the Iran war, during which the world’s fuel and crude oil stockpiles drew down — leaving little cushion to absorb the blow. “ In pure volumetric terms Iran is bigger ,” Eugene Lindell, head of refined products at consultancy FGE NexantECA, said of the war-driven loss. “But, of course, prices are set at the margin,” he said. Taking hundreds of thousands of further barrels off the…
Rachel Ziemba
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“Iran conflict-related shortages are the biggest driver of the diesel and product shortage and price spike, though damage to Russian refineries is exacerbating these trends”
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…Heating Oil Price Spikes Given the scale of the problem, an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to halt strikes might offer some relief, but wouldn’t fully solve the supply shortfall, analysts and traders say. “ Iran conflict-related shortages are the biggest driver of the diesel and product shortage and price spike, though damage to Russian refineries is exacerbating these trends ,” said Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank. “A ceasefire that leads to repair of refineries and return of Russian products would ease some…
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