Russia will dispatch its first tanker with diesel for the United States on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, according to the Vedomosti news outlet, after a deal with Donald Trump.
Russia lifted its self-imposed ban on diesel exports on October 9, introduced to tackle domestic shortages triggered by Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, after reaching the deal with Trump to supply diesel to global markets.
Novak said on Wednesday the vessel will carry 40,000 metric tons of the fuel, adding that the paperwork on the fuel supply is nearing its completion, according to media reports. He did not name the port from which the cargo will be delivered.
Yeah, I really don’t think people grasp the scale of the numbers here.
40,000 tonnes is about 300,000 barrels. The US uses, in a day, about 3.5 to 4.5 million barrels. This is less than 10% of one day of consumption.
Saw another post saying it was 2 hours worth of Diesel.
And if the corporate media didn’t want to make every election into a horse race for ratings, they may have chosen to say that part front and center. The whole thing is such a ridiculous PR facade. EDIT: Forgive me if there are corporate media entities that are centering the reporting on this story as such, but I have not seen it.