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Romania‑Moldova fuel supply crisis persists diesel shortage deepens
The Since the late‑July 2026 emergency, the diesel shortage that began in late July 2026 has deepened. After a worsened. Moldova’s 30‑day energy‑sector emergency was declared energy alert, announced on 26 July, Romanian authorities accelerated customs, created “green corridors”, raised kept the commercial margin in the diesel price formula and tightened export controls at Giurgiu‑Ilesti. On the same day, Moldova’s government also announced a 30‑day energy alert as diesel stocks fell sharply amid low Danube water levels and supply‑chain disruptions linked to the Middle‑East conflict. Two barges carrying about 6,000 tonnes each arrived in Moldova, bringing the total delivery to roughly 12,000 tonnes, with a third shipment expected later that day. Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tofan adjusted the diesel price formula, adding a 37‑bani +37 bani per litre commercial margin and a further 48‑bani per litre ceiling, setting a new capped retail maximum of diesel at 31 lei per litre effective 29 July. The lei, with the extra revenue is margin earmarked for emergency fuel reserves, and a 30‑day limit on diesel exports was imposed. reserves. By 26 27 July fuel stocks covered only about the national reserve fell to 6.9 days of consumption and 53 of the 590 PECO stations were out of diesel; this the number rose to 66 stations by on 28 July, prompting agency warnings from the regulator that reserves supplies are depleting rapidly. The government also imposed a 30‑day export limit at Giurgiulești and created “green corridors” to speed imports, while hydrological alerts remained in force as river flows stayed at about 10 % of normal. In Romania, diesel prices breached broke the psychological 10 lei 10‑lei per litre level, with major retailers quoting 10.07–10.23 lei. The Senate approved a bill for a dynamic excise system that could cut the fuel tax by 5‑25 % depending on market conditions. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan resumed oil shipments through psychological barrier, spurring the CPC pipeline after earlier drone attacks, sustaining Senate’s dynamic excise‑tax bill. On 29 July Romanian imports that rely on interim prime minister Ilie Bolojan and Kazakh prime minister Olzhas Bektenov held a call confirming the need to protect the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which supplies for over roughly 60 % of demand. Hydrological alerts remain in force as river flows have dropped to about 10 % of normal, sustaining pressure Romania’s crude imports, and pledged continued cooperation after recent drone attacks on river deliveries. the Novorossiysk terminal.