Ukraine Pounds Major Moscow Refinery As Global Diesel Crisis Threatens Economic Shock
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenMilitary conflicts, economic wars, and resource wars are converging ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.
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Military conflicts, economic wars, and resource wars are converging ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.
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Military conflicts, economic wars, and resource wars are converging ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.
...its lowest since November 1982.
The crisis is now. The plans were public long ago.
"There's an additional likelihood of further price increases in the Great Lakes. Gas: OH is at *high* risk of largest jump, WI..."
The kingdom is spending enormous amounts of oil revenue and borrowed money to build an economy that will supposedly no longer depend upon oil.
Rather than bringing crude oil to boiling point over and over again as is done in traditional distillation refining, Chinese scientists have found a way to separate the mixture molecule by molecule at room temperature, cutting energy use by 90%.
People say oil is the lifeblood of the economy...
The East-West pipeline closure has stopped being a Middle East story and become a European supply story.
Syria's fuel price hike protests have persisted from Sunday into the heart of this week, and increasingly they are becoming full on anti-Sharaa regime demonstrations.
...+ Mass Global Famine Coming in 2027
The Unthinkable is About to Happen: Diesel, US dollar and Europe Energy Crisis
As the pieces are rearranged on the global chessboard, supply lines are shutting down, and the movement of goods is actively being suppressed.
Diesel's at $6.27 nationwide. AAA, September 15. Yesterday $6.23. A week ago $5.90. New nominal record.
While people watch crude oil or product prices, the one metric you can't ignore at all is the tanker prices, which move crude and refined products across the globe.
A supertanker rarely earned more than $45,000 a day before this war A US Gulf to Asia tanker was just offered $29.5 million for ONE voyage.
Apparently, there is now zero oil being exported by Saudi Arabia – courtesy of the recent Houthi attack on the east-west pipeline that served as the way around the blocked Strait of Hormuz.
For months, we were told that this moment was approaching. At first a lot of people didn't want to believe it, and those that were sounding the alarm were mocked.
Four million barrels per day are now offline, likely for months, not weeks.
Saudis Cancel September Crude Cargoes To Europe As East-West Pipeline Shutdown Deepens Energy Crisis
On 14 September 2026, with American diesel having crossed six dollars a gallon for the first time in history, President Trump settled the question of blame in a single sentence posted to social media:
We Are Being Told That "A Shortage Of Diesel" Is Here As The Price Per Gallon Hits $6.23 In The United States
We're at the end of the line.
President Donald Trump on Sept. 13 said the United States could ultimately remain in Iran and "keep the oil" in a similar manner to his administration's move to control some of Venezuela's oil reserves.
Supertanker Explodes After Hitting Mine: IRGC
Costco Is Rationing Motor Oil, The Middle East Is In Chaos, And Western Leaders Riding A Train In Ukraine Just Narrowly Avoided A Russian Drone Strike
In California, gas stations are facing a unique challenge. The station signs are only configured to go up to $9.99 per gallon and at several stations the price of diesel has reached that maximum.
New footage posted on X shows what appear to be protests, with Israeli news organizations saying the anger is erupting because of skyrocketing fuel costs, reminiscent of the Arab Spring food riots 15 years ago.