# European Diesel Jumps as Fire at Pernis Refinery Cuts Supply - Bloomberg

> A fire at Royal Dutch Shell's Pernis refinery, the largest in the region, forced most units to halt late Saturday. The company does not expect any units to restart soon, and traders scrambled for diesel supply in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp hub.

- Date: 2017-07-31 · published 2017-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70126-european-diesel-jumps-as-fire-at-pernis-refinery-cuts-supply-bloomberg
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Losing output from Europe's biggest refinery tightens regional diesel supply, which lifts European diesel prices and can pull in imports from other regions.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2023-03-20 | [European diesel tightens, crude weakens as French refinery outages linger](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37028-european-diesel-tightens-crude-weakens-as-french-refinery-outages-linger.md) | +0.8% | -2.0% |
| DIESEL | 2022-03-11 | [Oil Traders Jump Into Action as Europe Screams for Diesel Supply - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4725-oil-traders-jump-into-action-as-europe-screams-for-diesel-supply-tt.md) | +5.0% | +1.3% |
| DIESEL | 2024-01-26 | [Europe’s Diesel Supply Chain Threatened by High Freight Costs - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32308-europe-s-diesel-supply-chain-threatened-by-high-freight-costs-tt.md) | -2.4% | -3.8% |
| DIESEL | 2022-10-17 | [Atlantic Basin refining margins soar on refinery outages, tight diesel supply \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10941-atlantic-basin-refining-margins-soar-on-refinery-outages-tight-diesel-supply-s.md) | -6.7% | -5.1% |
| DIESEL | 2024-02-26 | [US diesel exports to Europe dip on plummeting refining output](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31851-us-diesel-exports-to-europe-dip-on-plummeting-refining-output.md) | +1.0% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-31/european-diesel-surges-after-fire-at-pernis-refinery-cuts-supply

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