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Hetzmann Mercédesz Hetzmann Mercédesz · 16/05/2022
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Oil embargo? MOL makes a huge revenue from Russian oil

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Russian oil brings MOL an extra $4 million (HUF 1.5 billion, EUR 3.84 million) a day in revenue.

According to RTL Híradó, MOL, the fuel distributor in Hungary, is making a huge profit of around 4 million dollars a day by being able to buy cheaper Russian oil. As we can read in the article of Index, the expert said that Hungary’s daily oil consumption is about 180 thousand barrels, of which Russian oil accounts for about 65%.

The real price of fuel

Due to the government-imposed price cap, No.95 petrol and diesel are currently available at petrol stations for HUF 480. However, those who are not eligible for the price freeze must still buy at the market price, as 24.hu reports. The average price of a litre of No.95 petrol is HUF 634 (EUR 1.64), and it is HUF 687 (EUR 1.78) for diesel.

According to the Hungarian government, it would cause further price rises if the country joined the EU embargo on Russian oil, so it continues to oppose the relevant EU sanctions.

Government politicians say that fuel would then cost HUF 700 (EUR 1.81) or even 800 (EUR 2.07).

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Who’s the real winner?

RTL Híradó quoted PM Viktor Orbán and MOL CEO Zsolt Hernádi saying that

“the country would have to make huge sacrifices if it had to switch from Russian oil to raw materials sourced from the world market”.

However, RTL Híradó interviewed an expert, József Balogh, who believes that the biggest winner of the situation is MOL.

“Hungary consumes 180,000 barrels a day, of which about 65% is Russian oil, which is 35 dollars cheaper than the world market. By very rough calculations, we are talking about an extra $4 million per day,”

he said.

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Earlier, another energy expert, Attila Holoda, said that he believes that MOL’s current communication is masking what is really about the company’s profit with technological issues.

What could be done?

As Index reported, MOL’s switch could be a big loss in the following case: if the base oil had to be sourced from another supplier, and yet another source had to be blended into it to obtain a refining blend that Russian oil can already produce. In technological terms, this is not a challenge at all – even less so because MOL is already working with 30-35% Arab oil.

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Source: rtl.hu, Index, 24.hu, privatbankar.hu

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  1. Norbert says:
    17/05/2022 at 09:39

    Russia is not buying our loyalty. They would not, ever!

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