# Mid-Distillates Face Constraints From Costly Gas and EU Sanctions  | Energy Intelligence

> Energy Intelligence expects jet fuel and diesel prices to climb in coming months as expensive natural gas limits middle-distillate output. Gas is needed to desulfurize diesel, and EU sanctions on Russian product add to supply constraints.

- Date: 2022-08-26 · published 2022-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40239-mid-distillates-face-constraints-from-costly-gas-and-eu-sanctions-energy
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Expensive gas and sanctions can cut refinery diesel supply, lifting distillate prices and pushing up freight and fertiliser-related costs. Gas-linked supply stress also feeds into nitrogen fertiliser prices.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲
- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2025-10-24 | [New US Russia Sanctions Spook Distillate Markets \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10174-new-us-russia-sanctions-spook-distillate-markets-energy-intelligence.md) | +1.9% | +5.5% |
| DIESEL | 2024-11-27 | [War Risk Premium Drives Diesel Gains \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27576-war-risk-premium-drives-diesel-gains-energy-intelligence.md) | -3.1% | -1.6% |
| DIESEL | 2025-09-18 | [Market Signals Intensifying Global Diesel Tightness \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23069-market-signals-intensifying-global-diesel-tightness-energy-intelligence.md) | +1.0% | -7.2% |
| DIESEL | 2025-06-13 | [Jet Fuel Prices Spike After Israel Attacks Iran \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7761-jet-fuel-prices-spike-after-israel-attacks-iran-energy-intelligence.md) | +15.6% | +11.6% |
| DIESEL | 2023-03-07 | [EU’s ban on diesel fuel from Russia shifts trade patterns -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37033-eu-s-ban-on-diesel-fuel-from-russia-shifts-trade-patterns-u-s-energy.md) | -4.2% | -7.0% |
| NATGAS | 2022-03-01 | [Russian Invasion Puts Rocket Under Spot Prices \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42453-russian-invasion-puts-rocket-under-spot-prices-energy-intelligence.md) | +10.2% | +24.4% |
| NATGAS | 2026-04-24 | [Middle East crisis disrupts international natural gas markets and delays global LNG supply wave - IEA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19907-middle-east-crisis-disrupts-international-natural-gas-markets-and-delays-global.md) | +2.7% | +17.0% |
| NATGAS | 2019-06-24 | [U.S. oil ends higher, but Brent falls as Trump administration announces additional Iran sanctions - MarketWatch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58755-u-s-oil-ends-higher-but-brent-falls-as-trump-administration-announces.md) | +6.1% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- energyintel.com: https://www.energyintel.com/00000182-d183-d868-a99b-d793a9da0000

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