NIS plans higher refining amid fuel-supply constraints
The Mining and Energy Ministry says that weeks of low Danube levels are keeping fuel-supply conditions difficult. NIS expects to raise crude processing in the second half of August, once already ordered deliveries arrive, from about 9,500 to about 13,000 tonnes a day. The authorities also plan to allow the company to make about 23,000 tonnes of operational reserves available to other oil companies; imports of about 20,000 tonnes of diesel by water remain uncertain.
What matters
NIS refining
In the second half of August, the company expects to increase processing from about 9,500 to about 13,000 tonnes of crude a day once already ordered deliveries arrive.
Operational reserves
The authorities plan to let NIS make about 23,000 tonnes of operational reserves available to other oil companies amid expected August demand of around 200,000 tonnes of fuel products.
Waterborne imports
Because of the low Danube, imports of about 20,000 tonnes of diesel by water remain uncertain; the ministry cites rail wagons and tank trucks as smaller-volume, costlier alternatives.
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N1: fuel-supply measures amid a low Danube
N1 relays the ministry’s announcement: NIS expects higher refining in the second half of August, while the authorities consider operational reserves and alternative logistics because of the low Danube.
Overall takeaway
The announcement describes measures to maintain supply, not an announced fuel shortage or price increase; the source does not confirm those outcomes.