# Products: Diesel Spikes on Unplanned Run Cuts | Energy Intelligence

> European diesel margins spiked in early May after fears that several key refineries would cut runs. The refineries were short of crude normally delivered through Russia's Druzhba pipeline.

- Date: 2019-05-08 · published 2019-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59259-products-diesel-spikes-on-unplanned-run-cuts-energy-intelligence
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

Refinery run cuts reduce diesel output in Europe and tighten the regional market. That supports higher diesel prices and raises freight and processing costs for feed.

## Read by commodity

- BRENT: bullish ▲
- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2019-12-23 | [Products: Diesel Spikes on French Strikes, IMO 2020 \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55750-products-diesel-spikes-on-french-strikes-imo-2020-energy-intelligence.md) | +0.8% | -11.1% |
| DIESEL | 2017-09-20 | [Products: US Diesel Missing Until November \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69116-products-us-diesel-missing-until-november-energy-intelligence.md) | +4.1% | +2.1% |
| DIESEL | 2018-08-22 | [Products: Low River Levels Disrupt Euro Diesel Flow \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63727-products-low-river-levels-disrupt-euro-diesel-flow-energy-intelligence.md) | +4.2% | +5.7% |
| DIESEL | 2020-10-07 | [Products: ULSD Firms on Lower Russian Arrivals \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50829-products-ulsd-firms-on-lower-russian-arrivals-energy-intelligence.md) | -1.1% | -4.6% |
| DIESEL | 2019-11-25 | [Products: Russia Could Benefit from IMO 2020 Tanker Rate Spike \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56256-products-russia-could-benefit-from-imo-2020-tanker-rate-spike-energy.md) | -2.4% | +4.4% |
| BRENT | 2018-11-28 | [Oil prices rise over 1% on outage in North Sea, expected OPEC supply cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62234-oil-prices-rise-over-1-on-outage-in-north-sea-expected-opec-supply-cuts.md) | +2.9% | -11.2% |
| BRENT | 2022-02-25 | [Shippers prepare as Ukraine crisis prompts emergency fuel surcharges - The Loadstar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12932-shippers-prepare-as-ukraine-crisis-prompts-emergency-fuel-surcharges-the.md) | +12.7% | +21.3% |
| BRENT | 2026-08-23 | [Unprecedented! Geopolitical conflicts combined with climate drought push freight rates on global core shipping lanes up across the board. \| World Ports Organization](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16774-unprecedented-geopolitical-conflicts-combined-with-climate-drought-push-freight.md) | -6.2% | +23.0% |

## Sources

- energyintel.com: https://www.energyintel.com/0000017b-a7d7-de4c-a17b-e7d7b6570000

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