40% of Russia's Baltic Oil Export Capacity Offline as Gasoline Ban Widens

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Russia is banning gasoline producers from exporting the fuel until July 31, expanding the current ban that applied only to non-producers, as the Middle East war and the Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian export terminals have upended the global and domestic markets. The Russian government on Thursday said it had expanded the ban on gasoline exports to producers of the fuel, Russian news agency Interfax reported. Russia has had a ban on gasoline exports by non-producers, but now the measure is expanding to gasoline producers. The new ban exempts…