Fuel supply disruptions have affected Lukoil gas stations in several regions at once, with the scale of the problem currently most evident in Tyumen. According to independent monitoring on September 6, AI-95 was available there at only 2 out of 25 operating stations of the network – that is, at approximately 8% of gas stations. Diesel fuel, however, remained available at nine stations.
The shortage leads to a sharp increase in the load on those gas stations where gasoline does appear. On September 4, at a Lukoil station on 30 Let Pobedy Street in Tyumen, about 70 cars were counted in line. Earlier, local media reported cases where motorists spent several hours at gas stations and even stayed to wait until morning.
The problem is not limited to the Tyumen region. In the Sverdlovsk region, the situation also required additional supplies: authorities reported the arrival of gasoline at Lukoil gas stations in Yekaterinburg, hoping to reduce the load on other stations. Fuel disruptions were simultaneously recorded in KhMAO, YNAO, and Volgograd Oblast.
The cause of what is happening appears to be not a shortage of all refined products, but a disruption of the usual scheme of fuel distribution between regions. Tyumen Oblast Governor Alexander Moor previously explained the disruptions by the need to rebuild logistics chains between refineries and consumer regions. At the same time, federal authorities stated that additional volumes of fuel are already being directed to the market.