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Moscow Reinstates Gas Limits as Refining Hits Lows

8/20/2026

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  • Moscow fuel stations reinstated gasoline purchase limits as shortages deepened.
  • Gazprom Neft, Rosneft and Tatneft set gasoline limits of 40 L, 30 L and 50 L respectively at Moscow stations.
  • Ukrainian drone attacks have shut at least 26 Russian refineries, leaving seven offline by July and four more in August.
  • Russian oil refining fell to about 3.6 million barrels per day, the lowest since May 2002, then rose just above 4 million.