# US East Coast scrambles for distillates ahead of refiner maintenance | Reuters

> US East Coast fuel suppliers are scrambling for distillate supplies ahead of planned maintenance at two key refineries. Inventories in the region are already low ahead of winter, and benchmark diesel futures rose 7.6% over the prior month.

- Date: 2023-09-12 · published 2023-09-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34295-us-east-coast-scrambles-for-distillates-ahead-of-refiner-maintenance-reuters
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Tight regional distillate supply and maintenance-driven outages support higher diesel prices and freight costs into the fall.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2024-02-07 | [US West Coast distillate prices jump on flare reports, export demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31858-us-west-coast-distillate-prices-jump-on-flare-reports-export-demand.md) | +5.2% | -2.8% |
| DIESEL | 2024-11-19 | [BP's Whiting, Indiana, refinery delays restart from maintenance, sources say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27578-bp-s-whiting-indiana-refinery-delays-restart-from-maintenance-sources-say.md) | -0.7% | -1.3% |
| DIESEL | 2026-04-14 | [US truckers' diesel spending hits record high on Middle East conflict \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19889-us-truckers-diesel-spending-hits-record-high-on-middle-east-conflict-reuters.md) | -7.0% | +4.5% |
| DIESEL | 2022-04-05 | [Cost of U.S. diesel exports to Latin America rise on shortage \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42029-cost-of-u-s-diesel-exports-to-latin-america-rise-on-shortage-reuters.md) | -8.6% | +22.1% |
| DIESEL | 2017-09-14 | [Market Eye: Europe Fixes More Diesel for the US \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69120-market-eye-europe-fixes-more-diesel-for-the-us-energy-intelligence.md) | +4.1% | +2.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-east-coast-scrambles-distillates-ahead-refiner-maintenance-traders-2023-09-12/

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