Russia's diesel, gasoline output capacity to fall sharply in Sept.
Russia's ability to produce diesel and gasoline is expected to fall sharply in September as seasonal maintenance at oil refineries peaks, calculations based on industry sources' data showed on Wednesday.
According to the data, idle gasoline production capacity is set to rise by 71% this month from August to 30,900 metric tpd (around 264,195 bpd), while offline diesel production capacity is expected to jump by 88% from last month to 45,400 tpd (around 337,776 bpd).
That accounts for 21% of Russia's total gasoline production capacity, up from 11% in August, and 15% for diesel output capacity, up from 8% last month.
Russian authorities have said there is enough fuel to meet domestic demand and provide gasoline and diesel for farmers during the harvesting campaign, while restrictions on gasoline exports remain in place.
Fuel refining capacity is not expected to change much in October, according to the sources.
Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity in September is set to jump 34% from August, according to Reuters calculations based on data from industry sources, owing to technical outages, Ukrainian drone attacks and seasonal maintenance.
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