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Events / Import ban

EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)

Dates
2022-12-05 → no end date recorded
Dated to
the day
Status
Ongoing
Scope
European Union

What the sources said

Sixth package of EU sanctions, adopted 3 June 2022 (Council Regulation (EU) 2022/879 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014). European Commission, 3 June 2022: "a complete import ban on all Russian seaborne crude oil and petroleum products"; "For seaborne crude oil, spot market transactions and execution of existing contracts will be permitted for six months after entry into force, while for petroleum products, these will be permitted for eight months." Eurostat, 19 June 2023: "The ban on imports of seaborne crude oil entered into force on 5 December 2022, while the ban on petroleum products took effect on 5 February 2023." Temporary derogations apply to pipeline crude for certain member states and to Bulgaria and Croatia, so reported imports from Russia do not fall to zero. This row is a timeline marker only; it makes no statement about prices.

IEA, EIA, European Commission, European Council and national legislators (cited per row)Official
Retrieved 2026-09-23 07:22 UTCRevision 1
Source documents (3)
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FuelFuelDiesel (automotive gas oil)Petrol (Euro-super 95)Both fuels

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The event window

What each series was worth from -30 to 90 days around the event date, how far that is from the same series' level at the event date, and how big that move is against the series' own normal variation.

Malta, all fuels in this run. 18 series can be drawn; 11 cannot be seen at all and are shown as labelled empty panels below.

209 published readings, 25 offsets with nothing published within one period, and 143 offsets on series we cannot see at all. Every one of them is on this page.

Europe Brent spot FOB

Unit: $ per barrelPublished: dailyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+90102.472.42022-11-04: 99.53 $ per barrel, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 88.44 $ per barrel, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 83.50 $ per barrel, used for offsets −72022-12-02: 86.54 $ per barrel, used for offsets −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 83.36 $ per barrel, used for offsets T02022-12-06: 79.92 $ per barrel, used for offsets +12022-12-08: 76.02 $ per barrel, used for offsets +32022-12-12: 78.00 $ per barrel, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 81.66 $ per barrel, used for offsets +142023-01-04: 75.31 $ per barrel, used for offsets +302023-02-03: 78.85 $ per barrel, used for offsets +602023-03-03: 85.74 $ per barrel, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for Europe Brent spot FOB: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-0499.53+16.170+19.40%+4.30
−142022-11-2188.44+5.080+6.09%+1.35
−72022-11-2883.50+0.140+0.17%+0.04
−32022-12-0286.54+3.180+3.81%+0.85
−12022-12-0286.54+3.180+3.81%+0.85
T02022-12-05same print as T083.360.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-0679.92-3.440-4.13%-0.91
+32022-12-0876.02-7.340-8.81%-1.95
+72022-12-1278.00-5.360-6.43%-1.42
+142022-12-1981.66-1.700-2.04%-0.45
+302023-01-0475.31-8.050-9.66%-2.14
+602023-02-0378.85-4.510-5.41%-1.20
+902023-03-0385.74+2.380+2.86%+0.63

One volatility unit for this series is 4.51%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (760 changes). It is not a significance test.

reported crude oil imports, all origins

Unit: tonnesPublished: monthlyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.0000.0002022-11-01: 0 tonnes, used for offsets −30, −14, −7same print as T0 — 2022-12-01, 0 tonnes, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +1, +3, +7, +142023-01-01: 0 tonnes, used for offsets +302023-02-01: 0 tonnes, used for offsets +602023-03-01: 0 tonnes, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for reported crude oil imports, all origins: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-0100.000not publishednot published
−142022-11-0100.000not publishednot published
−72022-11-0100.000not publishednot published
−32022-12-01same print as T000.000not publishednot published
−12022-12-01same print as T000.000not publishednot published
T02022-12-01same print as T000.000not publishednot published
+12022-12-01same print as T000.000not publishednot published
+32022-12-01same print as T000.000not publishednot published
+72022-12-01same print as T000.000not publishednot published
+142022-12-01same print as T000.000not publishednot published
+302023-01-0100.000not publishednot published
+602023-02-0100.000not publishednot published
+902023-03-0100.000not publishednot published

No normal volatility is published for this series, so no change is expressed in volatility units. That is a missing input, not a zero.

ECB euro foreign exchange reference rate

Unit: US dollars per euroPublished: dailyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.1060.9742022-11-04: 0.9872 US dollars per euro, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 1.025 US dollars per euro, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 1.046 US dollars per euro, used for offsets −72022-12-02: 1.054 US dollars per euro, used for offsets −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 1.059 US dollars per euro, used for offsets T02022-12-06: 1.052 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +12022-12-08: 1.052 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +32022-12-12: 1.056 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 1.060 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +142023-01-04: 1.060 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +302023-02-03: 1.094 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +602023-03-03: 1.062 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for ECB euro foreign exchange reference rate: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-040.9872-0.072-6.75%-13.43
−142022-11-211.025-0.034-3.22%-6.40
−72022-11-281.046-0.012-1.17%-2.33
−32022-12-021.054-0.005-0.46%-0.92
−12022-12-021.054-0.005-0.46%-0.92
T02022-12-05same print as T01.0590.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-061.052-0.007-0.67%-1.33
+32022-12-081.052-0.007-0.64%-1.28
+72022-12-121.056-0.002-0.24%-0.47
+142022-12-191.060+0.001+0.10%+0.21
+302023-01-041.060+0.001+0.11%+0.23
+602023-02-031.094+0.035+3.31%+6.57
+902023-03-031.062+0.003+0.26%+0.53

One volatility unit for this series is 0.50%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (770 changes). It is not a significance test.

direct crude Hormuz exposure D1

Unit: % of imported tonnesPublished: monthlyUnknownUnknown
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.120-0.120

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. The line stops at −30, −14, −7, −3, −1, T0, +1, +3, +7, +14, +30, +60, +90 where no figure was published within one period of the offset.

Window table for direct crude Hormuz exposure D1: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
−142022-11-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
−72022-11-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
−32022-12-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
−12022-12-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
T02022-12-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
+12022-12-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
+32022-12-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
+72022-12-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
+142022-12-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
+302023-01-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
+602023-02-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published
+902023-03-01not publishednot publishednot publishednot published

No normal volatility is published for this series, so no change is expressed in volatility units. That is a missing input, not a zero.

direct refined-product Hormuz exposure D2

Unit: % of imported tonnesPublished: monthlyUnknownUnknown
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9047.800.002023-02-01: 0 % of imported tonnes, used for offsets +602022-11-01: 0 to 42.67 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2022-12-01: 0 to 9.273 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2023-01-01: 0 to 5.199 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2023-03-01: 0 to 14.93 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits. The shaded band is the admissible range. No midpoint is drawn, because no point estimate is published.

Window table for direct refined-product Hormuz exposure D2: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-010–42.67not publishednot publishednot published
−142022-11-010–42.67not publishednot publishednot published
−72022-11-010–42.67not publishednot publishednot published
−32022-12-010–9.273not publishednot publishednot published
−12022-12-010–9.273not publishednot publishednot published
T02022-12-010–9.273not publishednot publishednot published
+12022-12-010–9.273not publishednot publishednot published
+32022-12-010–9.273not publishednot publishednot published
+72022-12-010–9.273not publishednot publishednot published
+142022-12-010–9.273not publishednot publishednot published
+302023-01-010–5.199not publishednot publishednot published
+602023-02-010not publishednot publishednot published
+902023-03-010–14.93not publishednot publishednot published

No normal volatility is published for this series, so no change is expressed in volatility units. That is a missing input, not a zero.

inventory exposure D7: published days of emergency stock cover, carried through

Unit: days of coverPublished: monthlyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+90111.3100.72022-11-01: 106.0 days of cover, used for offsets −30, −14, −7same print as T0 — 2022-12-01, 106.0 days of cover, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +1, +3, +7, +142023-01-01: 106.0 days of cover, used for offsets +302023-02-01: 106.0 days of cover, used for offsets +602023-03-01: 106.0 days of cover, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for inventory exposure D7: published days of emergency stock cover, carried through: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-01106.00.0000.00%0.00
−142022-11-01106.00.0000.00%0.00
−72022-11-01106.00.0000.00%0.00
−32022-12-01same print as T0106.00.0000.00%0.00
−12022-12-01same print as T0106.00.0000.00%0.00
T02022-12-01same print as T0106.00.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-01same print as T0106.00.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-01same print as T0106.00.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-01same print as T0106.00.0000.00%0.00
+142022-12-01same print as T0106.00.0000.00%0.00
+302023-01-01106.00.0000.00%0.00
+602023-02-01106.00.0000.00%0.00
+902023-03-01106.00.0000.00%0.00

One volatility unit for this series is 1.60%, the standard deviation of its own month-on-month percentage changes over the three years before the event (35 changes). It is not a significance test.

crude cost per litre: Brent in EUR/L averaged over the bulletin week (refinery yield not modelled)

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.6280.4422022-10-31: 0.6104 € per litre, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 0.5263 € per litre, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 0.5123 € per litre, used for offsets −7, −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 0.4687 € per litre, used for offsets T0, +1, +32022-12-12: 0.4798 € per litre, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 0.4779 € per litre, used for offsets +142023-01-02: 0.4598 € per litre, used for offsets +302023-01-30: 0.4720 € per litre, used for offsets +602023-02-27: 0.4954 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for crude cost per litre: Brent in EUR/L averaged over the bulletin week (refinery yield not modelled): value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-10-310.6104+0.142+30.24%+3.72
−142022-11-210.5263+0.058+12.30%+1.51
−72022-11-280.5123+0.044+9.31%+1.15
−32022-11-280.5123+0.044+9.31%+1.15
−12022-11-280.5123+0.044+9.31%+1.15
T02022-12-05same print as T00.46870.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-05same print as T00.46870.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-05same print as T00.46870.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-120.4798+0.011+2.38%+0.29
+142022-12-190.4779+0.009+1.98%+0.24
+302023-01-020.4598-0.009-1.89%-0.23
+602023-01-300.4720+0.003+0.71%+0.09
+902023-02-270.4954+0.027+5.69%+0.70

One volatility unit for this series is 8.13%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (148 changes). It is not a significance test.

crude cost per litre: Brent in EUR/L averaged over the bulletin week (refinery yield not modelled)

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.6280.4422022-10-31: 0.6104 € per litre, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 0.5263 € per litre, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 0.5123 € per litre, used for offsets −7, −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 0.4687 € per litre, used for offsets T0, +1, +32022-12-12: 0.4798 € per litre, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 0.4779 € per litre, used for offsets +142023-01-02: 0.4598 € per litre, used for offsets +302023-01-30: 0.4720 € per litre, used for offsets +602023-02-27: 0.4954 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for crude cost per litre: Brent in EUR/L averaged over the bulletin week (refinery yield not modelled): value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-10-310.6104+0.142+30.24%+3.72
−142022-11-210.5263+0.058+12.30%+1.51
−72022-11-280.5123+0.044+9.31%+1.15
−32022-11-280.5123+0.044+9.31%+1.15
−12022-11-280.5123+0.044+9.31%+1.15
T02022-12-05same print as T00.46870.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-05same print as T00.46870.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-05same print as T00.46870.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-120.4798+0.011+2.38%+0.29
+142022-12-190.4779+0.009+1.98%+0.24
+302023-01-020.4598-0.009-1.89%-0.23
+602023-01-300.4720+0.003+0.71%+0.09
+902023-02-270.4954+0.027+5.69%+0.70

One volatility unit for this series is 8.13%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (148 changes). It is not a significance test.

national total oil stocks (Eurostat, commercial holders), with the published days of cover alongside

Unit: tonnesPublished: monthlyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+90231,902208,7312022-11-01: 210,973 tonnes, used for offsets −30, −14, −7same print as T0 — 2022-12-01, 216,765 tonnes, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +1, +3, +7, +142023-01-01: 222,450 tonnes, used for offsets +302023-02-01: 224,448 tonnes, used for offsets +602023-03-01: 229,660 tonnes, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for national total oil stocks (Eurostat, commercial holders), with the published days of cover alongside: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-01210,973-5,792-2.67%-0.32
−142022-11-01210,973-5,792-2.67%-0.32
−72022-11-01210,973-5,792-2.67%-0.32
−32022-12-01same print as T0216,7650.0000.00%0.00
−12022-12-01same print as T0216,7650.0000.00%0.00
T02022-12-01same print as T0216,7650.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-01same print as T0216,7650.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-01same print as T0216,7650.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-01same print as T0216,7650.0000.00%0.00
+142022-12-01same print as T0216,7650.0000.00%0.00
+302023-01-01222,450+5,685+2.62%+0.32
+602023-02-01224,448+7,683+3.54%+0.43
+902023-03-01229,660+12,895+5.95%+0.72

One volatility unit for this series is 8.24%, the standard deviation of its own month-on-month percentage changes over the three years before the event (35 changes). It is not a significance test.

Weekly Oil Bulletin price with taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.2711.1502022-10-31: 1.210 € per litre, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 1.210 € per litre, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 1.210 € per litre, used for offsets −7, −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 1.210 € per litre, used for offsets T0, +1, +32022-12-12: 1.210 € per litre, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 1.210 € per litre, used for offsets +142023-01-02: 1.210 € per litre, used for offsets +302023-01-30: 1.210 € per litre, used for offsets +602023-02-27: 1.210 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for Weekly Oil Bulletin price with taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-10-311.2100.0000.00%0.00
−142022-11-211.2100.0000.00%0.00
−72022-11-281.2100.0000.00%0.00
−32022-11-281.2100.0000.00%0.00
−12022-11-281.2100.0000.00%0.00
T02022-12-05same print as T01.2100.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-05same print as T01.2100.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-05same print as T01.2100.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-121.2100.0000.00%0.00
+142022-12-191.2100.0000.00%0.00
+302023-01-021.2100.0000.00%0.00
+602023-01-301.2100.0000.00%0.00
+902023-02-271.2100.0000.00%0.00

One volatility unit for this series is 0.45%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (148 changes). It is not a significance test.

Weekly Oil Bulletin price with taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.4071.2732022-10-31: 1.340 € per litre, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 1.340 € per litre, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 1.340 € per litre, used for offsets −7, −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 1.340 € per litre, used for offsets T0, +1, +32022-12-12: 1.340 € per litre, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 1.340 € per litre, used for offsets +142023-01-02: 1.340 € per litre, used for offsets +302023-01-30: 1.340 € per litre, used for offsets +602023-02-27: 1.340 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for Weekly Oil Bulletin price with taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-10-311.3400.0000.00%0.00
−142022-11-211.3400.0000.00%0.00
−72022-11-281.3400.0000.00%0.00
−32022-11-281.3400.0000.00%0.00
−12022-11-281.3400.0000.00%0.00
T02022-12-05same print as T01.3400.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-05same print as T01.3400.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-05same print as T01.3400.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-121.3400.0000.00%0.00
+142022-12-191.3400.0000.00%0.00
+302023-01-021.3400.0000.00%0.00
+602023-01-301.3400.0000.00%0.00
+902023-02-271.3400.0000.00%0.00

One volatility unit for this series is 0.41%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (148 changes). It is not a significance test.

Weekly Oil Bulletin price without taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.5810.5252022-10-31: 0.5530 € per litre, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 0.5530 € per litre, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 0.5530 € per litre, used for offsets −7, −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 0.5530 € per litre, used for offsets T0, +1, +32022-12-12: 0.5530 € per litre, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 0.5530 € per litre, used for offsets +142023-01-02: 0.5530 € per litre, used for offsets +302023-01-30: 0.5530 € per litre, used for offsets +602023-02-27: 0.5530 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for Weekly Oil Bulletin price without taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-10-310.55300.0000.00%0.00
−142022-11-210.55300.0000.00%0.00
−72022-11-280.55300.0000.00%0.00
−32022-11-280.55300.0000.00%0.00
−12022-11-280.55300.0000.00%0.00
T02022-12-05same print as T00.55300.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-05same print as T00.55300.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-05same print as T00.55300.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-120.55300.0000.00%0.00
+142022-12-190.55300.0000.00%0.00
+302023-01-020.55300.0000.00%0.00
+602023-01-300.55300.0000.00%0.00
+902023-02-270.55300.0000.00%0.00

One volatility unit for this series is 0.80%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (148 changes). It is not a significance test.

Weekly Oil Bulletin price without taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.6160.5572022-10-31: 0.5862 € per litre, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 0.5862 € per litre, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 0.5862 € per litre, used for offsets −7, −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 0.5862 € per litre, used for offsets T0, +1, +32022-12-12: 0.5862 € per litre, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 0.5862 € per litre, used for offsets +142023-01-02: 0.5862 € per litre, used for offsets +302023-01-30: 0.5862 € per litre, used for offsets +602023-02-27: 0.5862 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for Weekly Oil Bulletin price without taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-10-310.58620.0000.00%0.00
−142022-11-210.58620.0000.00%0.00
−72022-11-280.58620.0000.00%0.00
−32022-11-280.58620.0000.00%0.00
−12022-11-280.58620.0000.00%0.00
T02022-12-05same print as T00.58620.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-05same print as T00.58620.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-05same print as T00.58620.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-120.58620.0000.00%0.00
+142022-12-190.58620.0000.00%0.00
+302023-01-020.58620.0000.00%0.00
+602023-01-300.58620.0000.00%0.00
+902023-02-270.58620.0000.00%0.00

One volatility unit for this series is 0.76%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (148 changes). It is not a significance test.

total tax per litre: price with taxes minus price without taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.6900.6242022-10-31: 0.6570 € per litre, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 0.6570 € per litre, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 0.6570 € per litre, used for offsets −7, −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 0.6570 € per litre, used for offsets T0, +1, +32022-12-12: 0.6570 € per litre, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 0.6570 € per litre, used for offsets +142023-01-02: 0.6570 € per litre, used for offsets +302023-01-30: 0.6570 € per litre, used for offsets +602023-02-27: 0.6570 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for total tax per litre: price with taxes minus price without taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-10-310.65700.0000.00%0.00
−142022-11-210.65700.0000.00%0.00
−72022-11-280.65700.0000.00%0.00
−32022-11-280.65700.0000.00%0.00
−12022-11-280.65700.0000.00%0.00
T02022-12-05same print as T00.65700.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-05same print as T00.65700.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-05same print as T00.65700.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-120.65700.0000.00%0.00
+142022-12-190.65700.0000.00%0.00
+302023-01-020.65700.0000.00%0.00
+602023-01-300.65700.0000.00%0.00
+902023-02-270.65700.0000.00%0.00

One volatility unit for this series is 0.13%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (148 changes). It is not a significance test.

total tax per litre: price with taxes minus price without taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedOfficial
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.7910.7162022-10-31: 0.7538 € per litre, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 0.7538 € per litre, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 0.7538 € per litre, used for offsets −7, −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 0.7538 € per litre, used for offsets T0, +1, +32022-12-12: 0.7538 € per litre, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 0.7538 € per litre, used for offsets +142023-01-02: 0.7538 € per litre, used for offsets +302023-01-30: 0.7538 € per litre, used for offsets +602023-02-27: 0.7538 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for total tax per litre: price with taxes minus price without taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-10-310.75380.0000.00%0.00
−142022-11-210.75380.0000.00%0.00
−72022-11-280.75380.0000.00%0.00
−32022-11-280.75380.0000.00%0.00
−12022-11-280.75380.0000.00%0.00
T02022-12-05same print as T00.75380.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-05same print as T00.75380.0000.00%0.00
+32022-12-05same print as T00.75380.0000.00%0.00
+72022-12-120.75380.0000.00%0.00
+142022-12-190.75380.0000.00%0.00
+302023-01-020.75380.0000.00%0.00
+602023-01-300.75380.0000.00%0.00
+902023-02-270.75380.0000.00%0.00

One volatility unit for this series is 0.11%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (148 changes). It is not a significance test.

US proxy - not a European price: US diesel spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).

Unit: $ per barrelPublished: dailyCalculatedLow
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+90109.929.12022-11-04: 102.1 $ per barrel, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 61.92 $ per barrel, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 50.19 $ per barrel, used for offsets −72022-12-02: 47.86 $ per barrel, used for offsets −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 43.40 $ per barrel, used for offsets T02022-12-06: 42.43 $ per barrel, used for offsets +12022-12-08: 43.18 $ per barrel, used for offsets +32022-12-12: 45.31 $ per barrel, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 47.36 $ per barrel, used for offsets +142023-01-04: 52.92 $ per barrel, used for offsets +302023-02-03: 39.25 $ per barrel, used for offsets +602023-03-03: 36.90 $ per barrel, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for US proxy - not a European price: US diesel spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-04102.1+58.716+135.30%+13.75
−142022-11-2161.92+18.524+42.69%+4.34
−72022-11-2850.19+6.790+15.65%+1.59
−32022-12-0247.86+4.464+10.29%+1.05
−12022-12-0247.86+4.464+10.29%+1.05
T02022-12-05same print as T043.400.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-0642.43-0.970-2.24%-0.23
+32022-12-0843.18-0.220-0.51%-0.05
+72022-12-1245.31+1.916+4.42%+0.45
+142022-12-1947.36+3.968+9.14%+0.93
+302023-01-0452.92+9.520+21.94%+2.23
+602023-02-0339.25-4.142-9.54%-0.97
+902023-03-0336.90-6.496-14.97%-1.52

One volatility unit for this series is 9.84%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (737 changes). It is not a significance test.

US proxy - not a European price: US gasoline spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).

Unit: $ per barrelPublished: dailyCalculatedLow
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9038.9011.122022-11-04: 36.21 $ per barrel, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 25.46 $ per barrel, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 21.75 $ per barrel, used for offsets −72022-12-02: 19.76 $ per barrel, used for offsets −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 19.67 $ per barrel, used for offsets T02022-12-06: 20.42 $ per barrel, used for offsets +12022-12-08: 14.66 $ per barrel, used for offsets +32022-12-12: 13.81 $ per barrel, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 13.89 $ per barrel, used for offsets +142023-01-04: 25.20 $ per barrel, used for offsets +302023-02-03: 24.34 $ per barrel, used for offsets +602023-03-03: 25.60 $ per barrel, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for US proxy - not a European price: US gasoline spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-0436.21+16.548+84.15%+0.46
−142022-11-2125.46+5.798+29.48%+0.16
−72022-11-2821.75+2.086+10.61%+0.06
−32022-12-0219.76+0.096+0.49%+0.00
−12022-12-0219.76+0.096+0.49%+0.00
T02022-12-05same print as T019.670.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-0620.42+0.752+3.82%+0.02
+32022-12-0814.66-5.008-25.47%-0.14
+72022-12-1213.81-5.854-29.77%-0.16
+142022-12-1913.89-5.776-29.37%-0.16
+302023-01-0425.20+5.530+28.12%+0.15
+602023-02-0324.34+4.678+23.79%+0.13
+902023-03-0325.60+5.936+30.18%+0.17

One volatility unit for this series is 182.43%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (737 changes). It is not a significance test.

US proxy - not a European price: US jet spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).

Unit: $ per barrelPublished: dailyCalculatedLow
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9057.2023.782022-11-04: 51.50 $ per barrel, used for offsets −302022-11-21: 42.81 $ per barrel, used for offsets −142022-11-28: 30.74 $ per barrel, used for offsets −72022-12-02: 31.06 $ per barrel, used for offsets −3, −1same print as T0 — 2022-12-05, 27.02 $ per barrel, used for offsets T02022-12-06: 27.60 $ per barrel, used for offsets +12022-12-08: 35.20 $ per barrel, used for offsets +32022-12-12: 36.79 $ per barrel, used for offsets +72022-12-19: 36.02 $ per barrel, used for offsets +142023-01-04: 53.97 $ per barrel, used for offsets +302023-02-03: 29.38 $ per barrel, used for offsets +602023-03-03: 39.71 $ per barrel, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for US proxy - not a European price: US jet spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302022-11-0451.50+24.486+90.64%+0.51
−142022-11-2142.81+15.794+58.46%+0.33
−72022-11-2830.74+3.724+13.78%+0.08
−32022-12-0231.06+4.044+14.97%+0.08
−12022-12-0231.06+4.044+14.97%+0.08
T02022-12-05same print as T027.020.0000.00%0.00
+12022-12-0627.60+0.584+2.16%+0.01
+32022-12-0835.20+8.180+30.28%+0.17
+72022-12-1236.79+9.770+36.16%+0.21
+142022-12-1936.02+9.008+33.34%+0.19
+302023-01-0453.97+26.950+99.76%+0.57
+602023-02-0329.38+2.368+8.77%+0.05
+902023-03-0339.71+12.698+47.00%+0.27

One volatility unit for this series is 176.40%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (737 changes). It is not a significance test.

Not available: licence-blocked

A source exists and its licence does not permit us to republish it. These channels are not missing from the world, only from this page.

Arabian Gulf to north-west Europe dirty tanker rate

Tanker freight rates are licensed such that public display, onward passing and derived data are all expressly prohibited, verified verbatim, and no open institution publishes a tanker rate.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

EU refined-product benchmark

EU refined-product benchmarks (Platts / Argus) are proprietary with no redistribution grant. US crack spreads are not a valid EU proxy and are not substituted.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

EU refined-product benchmark

EU refined-product benchmarks (Platts / Argus) are proprietary with no redistribution grant. US crack spreads are not a valid EU proxy and are not substituted.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

north-west Europe refining margin / crack spread

No published refining-margin series is held, and computing a margin ourselves would need the licensed EU product benchmarks, which may not be republished.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

north-west Europe refining margin / crack spread

No published refining-margin series is held, and computing a margin ourselves would need the licensed EU product benchmarks, which may not be republished.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

wholesale / rack price

Wholesale / rack price series are proprietary with no redistribution grant.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

wholesale / rack price

Wholesale / rack price series are proprietary with no redistribution grant.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

Not available: reason not classified

The API gave a reason code this page does not recognise. Its own sentence is shown unchanged below.

crude-only expected pre-tax price: the T0 bulletin-week price plus what the stored pass-through curves say crude alone would have done since

Neither the most recent three-year pass-through window nor the full sample has a COMPUTED estimate for this country and fuel, so there is no measured crude response to project. No substitute such as full pass-through is used.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

crude-only expected pre-tax price: the T0 bulletin-week price plus what the stored pass-through curves say crude alone would have done since

Neither the most recent three-year pass-through window nor the full sample has a COMPUTED estimate for this country and fuel, so there is no measured crude response to project. No substitute such as full pass-through is used.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

not explained by crude: actual pre-tax change since T0 minus the crude-only expected change. Never attributed

Neither the most recent three-year pass-through window nor the full sample has a COMPUTED estimate for this country and fuel, so there is no measured crude response to project. No substitute such as full pass-through is used.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

not explained by crude: actual pre-tax change since T0 minus the crude-only expected change. Never attributed

Neither the most recent three-year pass-through window nor the full sample has a COMPUTED estimate for this country and fuel, so there is no measured crude response to project. No substitute such as full pass-through is used.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

Source
European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER)Unknown
Period 2022-10-31Updated 2026-09-25 14:09 UTCConfidenceUnknownMethodologyDownload CSV

T0 is 2022-12-05. The baseline window is -90 to -31 days. Offsets materialised: -30, -14, -7, -3, -1, 0, 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90. Method 1.0, calculation event_study-1.0, computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC.

Is EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022) really the reason?

The question splits into dimensions that are measured separately and never added into one number. Each row says whether we can see that dimension at all, and gives one published figure where we can.

Of the eight price-transmission channels this site reports, 4 have data in this run Calculated - a count of the rows below, not a measurement.

Methodology §11.1 publishes the thresholds the sentences below use: all eight channels present for the full comparison, at least three for the claim to be testable here at all, and 2.0 volatility units for a move to be described as outside a series' normal variation. Those are published wording choices, not statistical tests.

Dimensions of exposure to EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), each with its status and one published figure.
DimensionStatusPublished figure, or why there is none
Direct crude exposure (D1)Share of imported crude whose route requires the Strait of Hormuz.Nothing published in the windownot published
Direct product exposure (D2)Share of imported refined product whose route requires the Strait of Hormuz.Range only0–5.199 % of imported tonnes at +30 d (2023-01) · no midpoint
Emergency stock cover (D7)Days of cover the published emergency stocks amount to. A buffer against a supply disruption, not a share of imports, and not a price channel.Observed106.0 days of cover at +30 d (published 2023-01-01)0.00% from the level at T0 = 0.00 volatility units
Crude benchmarkThe quoted crude price European cargoes are priced against.Observed75.31 $ per barrel at +30 d (published 2023-01-04)-9.66% from the level at T0 = -2.14 volatility units
Refined-product benchmarkThe quoted product price refineries and wholesalers price against.UnavailableEU refined-product benchmarks (Platts / Argus) are proprietary with no redistribution grant. US crack spreads are not a valid EU proxy and are not substituted.
Refining marginWhat refining a barrel into this product earned.UnavailableNo published refining-margin series is held, and computing a margin ourselves would need the licensed EU product benchmarks, which may not be republished.
Freight ratesWhat it cost to ship the cargo.UnavailableTanker freight rates are licensed such that public display, onward passing and derived data are all expressly prohibited, verified verbatim, and no open institution publishes a tanker rate.
InventoriesStocks held, which absorb or amplify a supply change.Observed222,450 tonnes at +30 d (published 2023-01-01)+2.62% from the level at T0 = +0.32 volatility units
Wholesale pricesThe price between the refinery gate and the forecourt.UnavailableWholesale / rack price series are proprietary with no redistribution grant.
Pump price before taxThe pump price with excise, VAT and other fuel taxes stripped out.Observed0.5530 € per litre at +30 d (published 2023-01-02)0.00% from the level at T0 = 0.00 volatility units
Pump price with taxWhat a driver actually paid.Observed1.210 € per litre at +30 d (published 2023-01-02)0.00% from the level at T0 = 0.00 volatility units

Physical exposure to the Strait of Hormuz and price exposure are different questions. A country with almost no direct physical exposure can still see its pump price move, because crude is priced globally - and a series that moved in this window may have moved for other reasons.

What the pump price did around this date

The decomposition page can be pinned to the weeks around the event date, so the pump move can be split into tax, input cost and the part the input cost does not account for.

Price decomposition, 2022-11-28 to 2023-01-04 →

The window is the published event date minus 7 days to plus 30 days. It is a window for looking, not a claim that the event caused what is inside it.

Actual vs crude-only: Malta, petrol (euro-super 95)

What the pre-tax price did from four weeks before to thirteen weeks after the event week, next to what it would have done had it followed only the crude input cost at the speed the stored pass-through estimate measures. The shaded difference is not explained by crude; it is not attributed to the event or to anything else. No fuel is selected, so petrol is shown.

The crude-only comparison could not be read.

API 404 for /api/events/eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022/crude-only: No stored crude-only run for 'eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022' and country 'malta'. Runs are stored for the pilot countries; available_countries lists them.

What the numbers support, sentence by sentence

Each sentence comes from a fixed template, chosen by published thresholds. Open “why this sentence” to see the numbers that selected it. None of this text is written by a language model, and none of it attributes cause.

  1. In the 7 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's pre-tax petrol price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.58621
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.58621
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7554754094887107
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.58621
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.58621
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7554754094887107
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 92a4b31b5c7fcb3e635849f00aae71d192fe5d94a58b19204e9c3e776ecc8ab7 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  2. In the 30 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's pre-tax petrol price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.58621
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.58621
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-01-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    2
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7554754094887107
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.58621
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.58621
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-01-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
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    event_statements-1.0
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    observation_gap_days
    2
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7554754094887107
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 80a25c95aeaecddc6d6acde3de7d9ad46471aed2226edaf1b638c6e09ac63f37 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  3. In the 90 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's pre-tax petrol price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.58621
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.58621
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-02-27
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    6
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7554754094887107
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.58621
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.58621
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-02-27
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    6
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7554754094887107
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 528a16b66efb5241304211f1f9208346a63d25f79b35dd3501a3fe4ef022e9e9 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  4. In the 7 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's tax-inclusive petrol price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.34
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.34
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4080825926019498
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.34
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.34
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4080825926019498
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 10d8bafcfc9e8947d9ac4d19576f33c336ae77a6a93639b23d43a496dd9c9883 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  5. In the 30 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's tax-inclusive petrol price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.34
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.34
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-01-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    2
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4080825926019498
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.34
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.34
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-01-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    2
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4080825926019498
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 0d02cd38e825b031072575161b0a3446e3f4091bb206d8232cf072021ceb387b · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  6. In the 90 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's tax-inclusive petrol price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.34
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.34
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-02-27
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    6
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4080825926019498
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.34
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.34
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-02-27
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    6
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4080825926019498
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint b3d57dd681f55aa8373a4d21830a1d581f69c11b3e0f68885acfd0cb93267d39 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  7. In the 7 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's pre-tax diesel price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.55302
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.55302
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7964229539337686
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.55302
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.55302
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7964229539337686
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 5627a19273db221ab9610b8cf996d40303aada4764e33cd6d824ec54a696c4f8 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  8. In the 30 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's pre-tax diesel price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.55302
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.55302
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-01-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    2
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7964229539337686
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.55302
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.55302
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-01-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    2
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7964229539337686
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint bee269006c112f0dd4703a62156bb5d7eba2d93c4bad3ff53fc2fcbdc606b0bb · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  9. In the 90 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's pre-tax diesel price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.55302
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.55302
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-02-27
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    6
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7964229539337686
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    0.55302
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    0.55302
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-02-27
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    6
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.7964229539337686
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint f6f4bfbae567b9ea7a70ce1ab35f77aeae2103216e42c74f9463a54f390815d2 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  10. In the 7 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's tax-inclusive diesel price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.21
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.21
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4495284809130867
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.21
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.21
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4495284809130867
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 83ab482d33be071af94d2bf81498e9d09ba0773644f05b442810f790821417a7 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  11. In the 30 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's tax-inclusive diesel price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.21
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.21
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-01-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    2
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4495284809130867
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.21
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.21
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-01-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    2
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4495284809130867
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint f306c6fa5db3e19f77e75d99b517912f33fcfbf69abccd22ebf1b8b51964d9ac · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  12. In the 90 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), Malta's tax-inclusive diesel price moved +0.0%, which is 0.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.21
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.21
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-02-27
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    observation_gap_days
    6
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4495284809130867
    change_in_volatility_units
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    1.21
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    z_score
    null
    t0_value
    1.21
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    0
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_MT_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2023-02-27
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0
    change_pct_from_t0
    0
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    6
    normal_volatility_pct
    0.4495284809130867
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    0

    Template event.price_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint fb842a56e3db9a8c6fd069561d540a4a3d2c1362287c8dceea0db0e295349501 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  13. What crude costs alone would have done to Malta's pre-tax petrol price over the 4 weeks after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022) is UNKNOWN: Neither the most recent three-year pass-through window nor the full sample has a COMPUTED estimate for this country and fuel (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §4.5), so there is no measured crude response to project. No substitute such as full pass-through is used (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.2).

    about MaltaUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    weeks
    4
    status
    UNKNOWN
    country
    Malta
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    reason_code
    NO_COMPUTED_PASS_THROUGH_ESTIMATE
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    proxy_product
    null
    gap_eur_per_litre
    null
    actual_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_eur_per_litre
    null
    proxy_volatility_units
    null
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    null
    pass_through_window_label
    null
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    null
    Thresholds
    source
    docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.7; horizons are a v1 choice of this module
    proxy_rule
    the proxy sentence is added only when the US crack spread proxy moved by at least UNUSUAL_MOVE_VOLATILITY_UNITS of its normal day-to-day variation over the same weeks
    confidence_cap
    MEDIUM (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.5)
    statement_weeks
    [4,13]
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    weeks
    4
    status
    UNKNOWN
    country
    Malta
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_COMPUTED_PASS_THROUGH_ESTIMATE
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_MT_EURO_SUPER_95
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    proxy_product
    null
    statement_topic
    event
    gap_eur_per_litre
    null
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    actual_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_eur_per_litre
    null
    proxy_volatility_units
    null
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    null
    pass_through_window_label
    null
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    null

    Template event.crude_only.unknown v1.1 · Fingerprint 264eb40dbfe1bcda4cc002a3de68c3f2cc44f39978e9d2f9024127e800bcda45 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  14. What crude costs alone would have done to Malta's pre-tax diesel price over the 4 weeks after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022) is UNKNOWN: Neither the most recent three-year pass-through window nor the full sample has a COMPUTED estimate for this country and fuel (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §4.5), so there is no measured crude response to project. No substitute such as full pass-through is used (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.2).

    about MaltaUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    weeks
    4
    status
    UNKNOWN
    country
    Malta
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    reason_code
    NO_COMPUTED_PASS_THROUGH_ESTIMATE
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_MT_DIESEL
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    proxy_product
    null
    gap_eur_per_litre
    null
    actual_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_eur_per_litre
    null
    proxy_volatility_units
    null
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    null
    pass_through_window_label
    null
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    null
    Thresholds
    source
    docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.7; horizons are a v1 choice of this module
    proxy_rule
    the proxy sentence is added only when the US crack spread proxy moved by at least UNUSUAL_MOVE_VOLATILITY_UNITS of its normal day-to-day variation over the same weeks
    confidence_cap
    MEDIUM (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.5)
    statement_weeks
    [4,13]
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    weeks
    4
    status
    UNKNOWN
    country
    Malta
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_COMPUTED_PASS_THROUGH_ESTIMATE
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_MT_DIESEL
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    proxy_product
    null
    statement_topic
    event
    gap_eur_per_litre
    null
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    actual_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_eur_per_litre
    null
    proxy_volatility_units
    null
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    null
    pass_through_window_label
    null
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    null

    Template event.crude_only.unknown v1.1 · Fingerprint bd9ea3a0cd2c1337c704b0276774af2847edfe56b92c0a832c668282df30d723 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  15. Direct physical dependence on Hormuz-linked crude for Malta in 2022-12 is UNKNOWN: the source reports zero imports for this period, so there is no volume to take a share of - this is a reported zero, not missing data.

    about MaltaUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    % of imported tonnes
    period
    2022-12
    status
    NO_OBSERVATION
    country
    Malta
    commodity
    crude
    dimension
    DIRECT_CRUDE
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    value_max_pct
    null
    value_min_pct
    null
    exposure_status
    UNKNOWN
    value_point_pct
    null
    observation_date
    2022-12-01
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/METHODOLOGY.md §9 publishes no bands
    band_applied_to
    upper bound of the range (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md §3.2: a range has no meaningful midpoint)
    dependence_limited_max_pct
    10
    dependence_moderate_max_pct
    33
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    % of imported tonnes
    period
    2022-12
    status
    NO_OBSERVATION
    country
    Malta
    commodity
    crude
    dimension
    DIRECT_CRUDE
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    value_max_pct
    null
    value_min_pct
    null
    exposure_status
    UNKNOWN
    statement_topic
    hormuz
    value_point_pct
    null
    observation_date
    2022-12-01
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.dependence.unknown v1.1 · Fingerprint 7c92d7b5eeb2c2d296063ca0c047939784aafc99b59039d0d1da80b54e91fb68 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  16. Direct physical dependence on Hormuz-linked refined product was limited (0%–9%) for Malta in 2022-12. No point estimate is published: the origins concerned export from both inside and outside the Persian Gulf and the split per period is not public.

    about MaltaCalculatedMedium
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    band
    limited
    unit
    % of imported tonnes
    period
    2022-12
    status
    NO_OBSERVATION
    country
    Malta
    commodity
    refined product
    dimension
    DIRECT_PRODUCT
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    value_max_pct
    9.27315776541803
    value_min_pct
    0
    exposure_status
    PARTIAL
    value_point_pct
    null
    observation_date
    2022-12-01
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/METHODOLOGY.md §9 publishes no bands
    band_applied_to
    upper bound of the range (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md §3.2: a range has no meaningful midpoint)
    dependence_limited_max_pct
    10
    dependence_moderate_max_pct
    33
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    band
    limited
    unit
    % of imported tonnes
    period
    2022-12
    status
    NO_OBSERVATION
    country
    Malta
    commodity
    refined product
    dimension
    DIRECT_PRODUCT
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    value_max_pct
    9.27315776541803
    value_min_pct
    0
    exposure_status
    PARTIAL
    statement_topic
    hormuz
    value_point_pct
    null
    observation_date
    2022-12-01
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.dependence.range v1.1 · Fingerprint 3b1523168c2e84f9c622e34c7e1690c72b1fcc5845137db72ed807f9b6e3026d · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  17. Whether Malta's crude supply was physically reduced in 2022-12 is UNKNOWN: only 12 month(s) of comparison data, fewer than the 6 required.

    about MaltaUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    tonnes
    month
    2022-12
    country
    Malta
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    partner_role
    ORIGIN
    value_tonnes
    0
    baseline_months
    12
    observation_date
    2022-12-01
    series_source_ids
    ["eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm"]
    baseline_mean_tonnes
    0
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/METHODOLOGY.md publishes no cut-off
    min_baseline_months
    6
    baseline_months_used
    12
    supply_reduction_pct
    -10
    supply_baseline_months
    12
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    tonnes
    month
    2022-12
    country
    Malta
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    partner_role
    ORIGIN
    value_tonnes
    0
    baseline_months
    12
    statement_topic
    event
    observation_date
    2022-12-01
    series_source_ids
    ["eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm"]
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    baseline_mean_tonnes
    0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.supply.unknown v1.1 · Fingerprint d89389693d861c4c4745fedd267da29b9269d7229ab546fb9b23f9aa70c3cc37 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  18. In 2022-12, Malta's oil stocks stood 13.2% above their trailing 12-month mean, with 106.0 days of cover (as published).

    about MaltaCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    tonnes
    month
    2022-12
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    direction
    above
    siec_code
    O4000
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    holder_type
    STK_CL
    series_code
    INVENTORY_MT
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    days_of_cover
    106
    metric_status
    COMPUTED
    mom_change_pct
    2.745375000592493
    observation_date
    2022-12-01
    series_source_ids
    ["eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm"]
    total_stock_tonnes
    216765
    days_of_cover_basis
    as published by Eurostat (nrg_stk_oem, STK_EUE_DIR); not stocks divided by consumption (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md D7)
    observation_gap_days
    4
    trailing_12m_mean_tonnes
    191503.91666666666
    level_vs_trailing_12m_pct
    13.190896443806414
    trailing_12m_observations
    12
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/METHODOLOGY.md publishes no band
    band_applied_to
    the rounded figure printed in the sentence
    days_of_cover_basis
    as published (Eurostat nrg_stk_oem, STK_EUE_DIR); never stocks divided by consumption (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md D7)
    trailing_window_months
    12
    level_vs_trailing_12m_pct_raw
    13.190896443806414
    level_vs_trailing_12m_pct_shown
    13.2
    inventory_material_deviation_pct
    5
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    tonnes
    month
    2022-12
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    Malta
    direction
    above
    siec_code
    O4000
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    holder_type
    STK_CL
    series_code
    INVENTORY_MT
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    days_of_cover
    106
    metric_status
    COMPUTED
    mom_change_pct
    2.745375000592493
    statement_topic
    event
    observation_date
    2022-12-01
    series_source_ids
    ["eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm"]
    total_stock_tonnes
    216765
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    days_of_cover_basis
    as published by Eurostat (nrg_stk_oem, STK_EUE_DIR); not stocks divided by consumption (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md D7)
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    4
    trailing_12m_mean_tonnes
    191503.91666666666
    level_vs_trailing_12m_pct
    13.190896443806414
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    trailing_12m_observations
    12

    Template event.inventory_level.above v1.1 · Fingerprint 038f52d917e40c5ae9e9db6c9d1672a6f3a0b418e7bbf64aaf11aee39292f61f · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  19. Summary of what can be checked here

    Only part of the chain can be checked for Malta around EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022): 4 of the 8 series the method compares are available (crude benchmark, inventories, pre-tax pump price and pump price with tax), while refined-product benchmark, refining margin, freight rates and wholesale prices are not. Any claim that rests on the missing links cannot be tested here. This page describes what each series did around the event date. It is not a finding about cause: no causal design is published for this site, and a series that moved in the same window may have moved for other reasons.

    about MaltaUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    country
    Malta
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    dependence_band
    null
    dependence_range
    null
    channels_available
    ["crude benchmark","inventories","pre-tax pump price","pump price with tax"]
    supply_template_id
    event.supply.unknown
    channels_unavailable
    ["refined-product benchmark","refining margin","freight rates","wholesale prices"]
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; the channel list is docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.3
    channels_total
    8
    channels_available
    4
    verdict_partial_min_channels
    3
    verdict_assessable_min_channels
    8
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    country
    Malta
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    country_iso2
    MT
    country_name
    Malta
    country_slug
    malta
    dependence_band
    null
    statement_topic
    event
    dependence_range
    null
    channels_available
    ["crude benchmark","inventories","pre-tax pump price","pump price with tax"]
    supply_template_id
    event.supply.unknown
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    channels_unavailable
    ["refined-product benchmark","refining margin","freight rates","wholesale prices"]
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.verdict.partial v1.1 · Fingerprint 43faa72862574692ccd584d47a49cacc9d6894e9adb3ba176c97b9f237873912 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  20. In the 7 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), the Brent crude benchmark moved -6.4%, which is 1.4 times its normal day-to-day variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about the event as a wholeCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    78
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    -3.919330167431879
    t0_value
    83.36
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    -6.429942418426104
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    BRENT
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    -1.424724765497578
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    -5.359999999999999
    change_pct_from_t0
    -6.429942418426104
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    4.513111987760301
    change_in_volatility_units
    -1.424724765497578
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (day-to-day)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    78
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    -3.919330167431879
    t0_value
    83.36
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    -6.429942418426104
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    BRENT
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2022-12-12
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    -1.424724765497578
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    -5.359999999999999
    change_pct_from_t0
    -6.429942418426104
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    4.513111987760301
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    -1.424724765497578

    Template event.benchmark_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint b54773c6d8ea729448e355679535649a28ea7e4cedc8813dfcf6f2802aab32bd · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  21. In the 30 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), the Brent crude benchmark moved -9.7%, which is 2.1 times its normal day-to-day variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about the event as a wholeCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    75.31
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    -4.677910199838048
    t0_value
    83.36
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    -9.65690978886756
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    BRENT
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2023-01-04
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    -2.1397452168387128
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    -8.049999999999997
    change_pct_from_t0
    -9.65690978886756
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    4.513111987760301
    change_in_volatility_units
    -2.1397452168387128
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (day-to-day)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    75.31
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    -4.677910199838048
    t0_value
    83.36
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    -9.65690978886756
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
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    BRENT
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    event
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    day-to-day
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    2023-01-04
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    -2.1397452168387128
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
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    -8.049999999999997
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    -9.65690978886756
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    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
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    0
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    4.513111987760301
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    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
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    Template event.benchmark_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint a66bdad4120941189e2864b65cefe96af6989d6c7dc9d9e481dad3f463e1452c · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  22. In the 90 days after EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022), the Brent crude benchmark moved +2.9%, which is 0.6 times its normal day-to-day variation over the previous three years — within that range.

    about the event as a wholeCalculatedOfficial
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    85.74
    status
    OBSERVED
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    -1.7366500741888493
    t0_value
    83.36
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    2.855086372360839
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
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    90
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    BRENT
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2023-03-03
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0.6326203249784009
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    2.3799999999999955
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    2.855086372360839
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    2
    normal_volatility_pct
    4.513111987760301
    change_in_volatility_units
    0.6326203249784009
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (day-to-day)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    value
    85.74
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    -1.7366500741888493
    t0_value
    83.36
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    2.855086372360839
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    BRENT
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2023-03-03
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    0.6326203249784009
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    2.3799999999999955
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    2.855086372360839
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    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
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    2
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    4.513111987760301
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    event_study-1.0
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    0.6326203249784009

    Template event.benchmark_move.within_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 95c15aae3aef102cb53ce9861989a6b3fd3d482e297b83dd1613ec9cd40b15cc · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  23. Freight rates reaction cannot be assessed: tanker freight rates are licensed such that public display, onward passing and derived data are all expressly prohibited, verified verbatim, and no open institution publishes a tanker rate.

    about the event as a wholeUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["freight rates"]
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_FREIGHT_SOURCE
    Thresholds
    source
    CLAUDE.md §1; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.1 (a series with no licensed source is visible as a gap)
    any_missing_channel_is_disclosed
    true
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["freight rates"]
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_FREIGHT_SOURCE
    statement_topic
    event
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.channel.unavailable v1.1 · Fingerprint 81f14ddf9bdd5a846c68ffa6a0c2ac90cc0051c094198d9fc185147f886c0b88 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  24. Refined-product benchmark reaction cannot be assessed: EU refined-product benchmarks (Platts / Argus) are proprietary with no redistribution grant. US crack spreads are not a valid EU proxy and are not substituted.

    about the event as a wholeUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["refined-product benchmark"]
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_PRODUCT_BENCHMARK
    Thresholds
    source
    CLAUDE.md §1; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.1 (a series with no licensed source is visible as a gap)
    any_missing_channel_is_disclosed
    true
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["refined-product benchmark"]
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_PRODUCT_BENCHMARK
    statement_topic
    event
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    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.channel.unavailable v1.1 · Fingerprint 91941020696deeb37b6bfcb5c4e321ba5865cedc68042d4a64d30524b6fb2549 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  25. Wholesale prices reaction cannot be assessed: wholesale / rack price series are proprietary with no redistribution grant.

    about the event as a wholeUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["wholesale prices"]
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_WHOLESALE_SERIES
    Thresholds
    source
    CLAUDE.md §1; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.1 (a series with no licensed source is visible as a gap)
    any_missing_channel_is_disclosed
    true
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["wholesale prices"]
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_WHOLESALE_SERIES
    statement_topic
    event
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.channel.unavailable v1.1 · Fingerprint e638c4d7da43b662509013a365f2d13fca0fa20208646d67ade6d6d3b40790a0 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  26. Refining margin reaction cannot be assessed: no published refining-margin series is held, and computing a margin ourselves would need the licensed EU product benchmarks, which may not be republished.

    about the event as a wholeUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["refining margin"]
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    reason_code
    NO_REFINERY_MARGIN_SERIES
    Thresholds
    source
    CLAUDE.md §1; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.1 (a series with no licensed source is visible as a gap)
    any_missing_channel_is_disclosed
    true
    Inputs
    t0
    2022-12-05T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["refining margin"]
    event_name
    EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)
    event_slug
    eu-russia-crude-embargo-2022
    event_type
    EMBARGO
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_REFINERY_MARGIN_SERIES
    statement_topic
    event
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.channel.unavailable v1.1 · Fingerprint e1f282615a660e84b280ecac2938abde9502c7d8209f04d500d682817c457aef · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

What this does not show

  • It does not show that the event caused anything. No causal design is published for this site, and a series that moved in this window may have moved for other reasons.
  • A change in volatility units is not a significance test, and neither is a z-score. They measure different things and are not interchangeable.
  • Channels with no licensed or loaded source are shown as empty panels, not as flat lines. “We cannot see this” is not “this did not move”.
  • Nothing is interpolated. Where several offsets resolve to one published figure, that is what the publisher printed, and the change against the event date is zero because it is the same number.

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How to read the labels

  • OfficialReported directly by an official authority.
  • VerifiedReported by a third party we have verified against a primary record.
  • CalculatedComputed by us from reported inputs. The method is published on the methodology page.
  • Inferred · highNot reported. Inferred from at least two independent physical records.
  • Inferred · mediumNot reported. Inferred from strong indirect evidence, with no explicit confirmation.
  • Inferred · lowNot reported. Plausible from infrastructure or movement data only. Do not read as fact.
  • UnknownNo defensible public evidence establishes this. We are not guessing, and this is not a measurement of zero.