Ukraine's gasoline imports from Belarus shrank by 91% in October, which led to a shortage of fuel and triggered a rise in prices at the country's filling stations, according to enkorr.
The retail price of petrol and diesel fuel in most gas station chains across Ukraine increased by UAH 1.5 per liter in September 2017, Oleksandr Sirenko, an analyst at UPECO, the consulting company specializing in energy markets, told UNIAN.
Tropical Storm Harvey's effect on the energy industry has spread beyond flooded U.S. refiners as fuel pipelines are also shut, threatening a supply squeeze around the country and roiling world markets as traders scramble to find alternative supplies, according to Reuters.