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New maximum fuel prices apply from 15:00 on 14 August to 15:00 on 21 August: diesel is RSD 229 per litre and Euro Premium BMB petrol RSD 200. Compared with the previous week, diesel rose by RSD 2 and petrol fell by RSD 2.
The maximum euro-diesel price in Serbia is 227 dinars a litre from 15:00 on 7 August, one dinar higher than a week earlier. Euro-premium BMB petrol remains 202 dinars a litre; the prices apply through 14 August, while reduced fuel excise duties were extended through 16 August.
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.
After the staff meeting on 3 August, Prime Minister Đuro Macut said the energy system was stable and no measures were being imposed on residents; the appeal to use water and electricity rationally remains. Low Danube levels have reduced output: the energy minister put Đerdap 1 at about 20% capacity and Đerdap 2 at 30%.
N1 reports that on 3 August the Pančevo refinery was operating normally and the low Danube had not yet affected production; savings measures are being taken in other processes. The day before, Aleksandar Vučić had only described a possible temporary halt if water falls further: no actual shutdown has been announced.
OFAC extended NIS’s operating licence, MOL’s licence for talks with Gazprom Neft, and JANAF’s licence to transport oil for NIS until 28 August. This allows the company to keep operating, obtain crude oil and refine it in Pančevo, while the ownership issue remains unresolved.
