# Global diesel shortage pushes oil prices higher

> Distillate prices, mainly diesel, are leading the broader oil market higher amid a global diesel shortage. The pressure is spilling over into gasoline and crude oil markets. The article is truncated before it gives U.S. price details.

- Date: 2022-03-24 · published 2022-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5943-global-diesel-shortage-pushes-oil-prices-higher
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

Higher diesel costs raise freight, fuel and processing expenses for feed producers and push up crude benchmarks that feed into energy-linked commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲
- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2023-09-13 | [Global diesel shortage boosts prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34293-global-diesel-shortage-boosts-prices.md) | +1.6% | -8.8% |
| DIESEL | 2022-05-19 | [Global diesel shortages herald imminent economic slowdown](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11773-global-diesel-shortages-herald-imminent-economic-slowdown.md) | -1.3% | +14.5% |
| DIESEL | 2025-01-17 | [Global diesel prices spike as US hits Russia with new sanctions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11452-global-diesel-prices-spike-as-us-hits-russia-with-new-sanctions.md) | -3.6% | -5.3% |
| DIESEL | 2024-04-08 | [Benchmark diesel price heads higher; so do world oil markets - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30915-benchmark-diesel-price-heads-higher-so-do-world-oil-markets-freightwaves.md) | -1.9% | -10.7% |
| DIESEL | 2022-03-08 | [Global diesel prices soar as bans on Russian supplies add to tightness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4724-global-diesel-prices-soar-as-bans-on-russian-supplies-add-to-tightness.md) | -17.0% | -7.9% |
| BRENT | 2023-09-13 | [Global diesel shortage boosts prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34293-global-diesel-shortage-boosts-prices.md) | +2.6% | -3.9% |
| BRENT | 2022-05-19 | [Global diesel shortages herald imminent economic slowdown](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11773-global-diesel-shortages-herald-imminent-economic-slowdown.md) | +5.1% | +11.1% |
| BRENT | 2025-01-17 | [Global diesel prices spike as US hits Russia with new sanctions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11452-global-diesel-prices-spike-as-us-hits-russia-with-new-sanctions.md) | -4.1% | -8.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/global-diesel-shortage-pushes-oil-prices-higher-2022-03-24/

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