# [24H] Global Gasoline Cracks Firm as NORSI Outage and Kremenchuk Attacks Tighten Product Balance

*Issued Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 11:22 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Issued**: 2026-06-25T23:22:49.454Z (3h ago)
**Expires**: 2026-06-26T23:22:49.454Z (21h from now)
**Category**: ECONOMIC | **Confidence**: 72% | **Impact**: HIGH
**Risk Direction**: escalatory
**Affected Regions**: Russia, Ukraine, European Union, Black Sea and Baltic Sea trading hubs
**Affected Assets**: European gasoline crack spreads, Russian gasoline export differentials, European refinery equities, Urals and ESPO crude flow dynamics
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**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/forecasts

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## Prediction

Within 24 hours, global gasoline cracks—especially in Northwest Europe—are likely to strengthen as the shutdown of Russia’s NORSI refinery and renewed Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Kremenchuk refinery signal sustained disruption to regional product flows. Russian domestic markets will face tighter gasoline supply, incentivizing export restrictions, while Ukraine and neighboring states rely more heavily on seaborne imports and storage drawdowns. Strategically, this raises summer driving-season costs across Europe and can fuel political pressure on EU governments already coping with inflation fatigue. Confirmation would be widening gasoline crack spreads versus Brent and reports of tighter Russian export programs; denial would be rapid NORSI recovery announcements or evidence that spare capacity elsewhere fully offsets lost volumes.

## Drivers

- Confirmed shutdown of NORSI refinery, Russia’s second-largest gasoline producer
- Repeated missile and drone strikes on Kremenchuk refinery
- Existing sanctions and reduced spare capacity in European refining