When oil is not enough: how the global energy crisis reaches the Bulgarian pump
From the price of a barrel to a liter of diesel: why in 2026 the fuel market turned out to be much more complex than the simple equation "cheaper oil = cheaper fuel".
2026
10. 2026
09. 2026
2:30 a.m. In Gorna Oryahovitsa, almost everyone is asleep. In one house, an alarm clock rings deafeningly. The man gets up sleep-deprived, having gone to bed at 10:30 p.m. Nevertheless, he does a 40-minute cardio workout, takes a shower, and by 3:50 a.m. Nikolay Kalaydzhiev and his team are already at the airport. At 5:25, the pilot boards the plane to make the first of 1021 landings and take-offs within a single day.
The lifting of the ban on the export of diesel and jet fuel from the country will improve the financial result of "Lukoil Neftohim Burgas", which will accordingly lead to higher tax revenues in the state budget by the end of the year. This was stated to BTA by Evgeni Simeonov, special commercial manager of "Lukoil", asked for comment regarding the decision approved yesterday by parliament to lift the ban on fuel exports, introduced at the end of October last year.
