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Posted September 17, 2025

Summer diesel margins tighten with European supply shift ›

maritime diesel and gasoil imports into Europe

Data source: Vortexa Analytics
Note: Europe includes countries in the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

In early 2023, the European Union implemented a ban on seaborne imports of diesel fuel, commonly called gasoil, from Russia following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine the previous year. The ban reoriented trade flows as Europe imported more diesel from the Middle East and the United States rather than Russia. This summer, Europe’s increased reliance on imports from the Middle East, coupled with conflict-related disruptions to refineries and escalating geopolitical tensions, contributed to a tightened global diesel market.

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Data Highlights

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  • 14.3
  • %


  • 18.0%
    from year earlier
  • 9/16/2025
  • Daily electric power demand
  • 12376
  • GWh


  • 2.0%
    from year earlier
  • $3.00
  • /million Btu
  • $0.107 /million Btu
    from week earlier
  • $0.765 /million Btu
    from year earlier
  • $67.87
  • /barrel
  • $2.95 /barrel
    from week earlier
  • $5.81 /barrel
    from year earlier

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