***Also, Iranian and Gulf supply are at much higher risk, and significantly lower supply (Trump go boom boom to your vroom vroom). Still, let's just focus on Russia alone, for now. ๐ซฒ๐พ***
The impacts are not evenly distributed:
1. Central Asia and Afghanistan โ The Impact: This region is experiencing the most acute, direct loss of physical supply, as it historically relied on Russian refineries as its "default supplier". The Specifics: Shipments of Russian jet fuel to Central Asia and Afghanistan plummeted by more than 92%, while gasoline shipments fell by 34%. These landlocked nations are struggling to find immediate alternative pipeline or rail logistics.
2. South America (Specifically Brazil) โ The Impact:
Following Western sanctions, Brazil became one of the single largest buyers of cheap, discounted Russian diesel. The Specifics: With Russia's diesel export ban, Brazilian importers must abruptly pivot back to costlier supply chains, primarily competing for product from the United States and the Middle East.
3. Turkey and North Africa โ The Impact:
Turkey and several North African nations acted as major transshipment hubs and direct consumers of Russian refined products. The Specifics: They are losing access to millions of barrels of low-cost fuel, forcing them into tight competition with Western nations for alternative refined fuel shipments coming out of India and the Persian Gulf.
4. Europe and the Mediterranean โ The Impact:
While Europe had already sanctioned direct Russian oil imports, the sudden disappearance of Russian diesel from the global pool has triggered a massive supply crunch. The Specifics: European diesel refining margins skyrocketed past $60 per barrel. Because global buyers who used to buy from Russia are now bidding on the same alternative supplies as Europe, the continent faces significantly inflated fuel costs.
The Unintended Side Effect: A Crude Surplus
Paradoxically, because Russian refiners cannot process the oil, Russia is forced to export more raw, unprocessed crude oil. As a result, sections of the globe that buy raw crude (such as specific refiners in India and China) actually see an increase in access to cheap Russian feedstock, even as the rest of the world starves for refined diesel and gasoline.
"Crack Spreads" ๐ซฒ๐พ๐ฎโ๐จ unbelievably transparent language. "Infections spread, especially in limited and semi-closed systems: I.e., planet Earth". Exploited addiction ๐ซฒ๐พ as part of the business lingo. FFS ๐ Their core metric and language is about exploiting profit margins ๐ซณ๐พ the price of consumer fossil fuel products, goods, and services. And that's on good days ๐ซฒ๐พ eesshhh ๐ซฃ They are telling you to 'go f@k yourself', after a century of horror, and after you pay them more than necessary to stop ๐ซฒ๐พ๐ค while they burn the planet.
Also, East Asia ๐ซฒ๐พโผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธ๐ค...
But 'something something' batteries & AI bad ๐
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