Gas stations in Russia are being put up for sale en masse due to the fuel crisis
18 July 10:12
A sell-off of gas stations has begun in Russia due to the fuel crisis, which has affected virtually all regions. Over the past month, more than 150 listings for the sale of gas stations have appeared on marketplaces, commercial real estate listing sites, and corporate portals, reports "Komersant Ukrainian", citing Russian propaganda media.
Due to a collapse in profitability caused by shortages and high prices for gasoline and diesel on the exchange, gas stations are being sold by both private chains and major oil companies across Russia — from border regions to the Volga region and Siberia. The prices of the lots range from 1 to 150 million rubles.
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For example, in Ufa, a network of 13 gas stations (gasoline/diesel/LPG) is up for sale. The total price listed in the ad is 350 million rubles. Gazprom is selling “non-core assets” in the form of gas stations in the Astrakhan, Rostov, Tambov, and Nizhny Novgorod regions—prices range from 940,000 to 13.4 million rubles.
Some of the stations, the company reported, have been up for sale since 2022. Lukoil’s website lists gas stations in the Tver, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, and Kaluga regions, as well as in the Perm Krai. The company’s gas station in Ivanovo (51.5 million rubles) is also for sale on Avito. According to an industry source, private chains “undoubtedly face serious problems” because oil companies sell them fuel “on a residual basis.”
“In some regions, these fuel volumes simply do not exist, or they do, but at very high, uncompetitive prices,” the source said.
According to the source, private gas stations—which have simply closed in a number of regions due to a lack of fuel—face a difficult choice: either sell their businesses or suspend operations until the situation stabilizes.
The gasoline crisis, caused by Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, could drag on for a long time. In early July, a media source in the oil industry said that it would most likely not be possible to increase the throughput of damaged Russian refineries in the coming month. According to the source, refining volumes in July will, “at best,” remain at June levels—provided there are no new attacks on the refineries.
According to EA Analytics, crude oil processing volumes at Russian refineries in July fell to their lowest levels since 2005. According to Reuters, in the second week of the month, gasoline production fell by 35%—to 75,000–80,000 metric tons per day—while domestic consumption remained at its typical summer level of 115,000–120,000 metric tons. This has already disrupted government procurement of petroleum products by medical facilities, municipal services, and emergency services.
In total, as of early 2026, there were 27,700 operating gas stations in Russia. About 19,800 of them are independent gas stations.
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