Car filling stations (filling stations) in Russia

History

2022

Revenues of gas stations in Russia increased by 8.6% to 2.68 billion rubles

Gas station revenues in Russia in 2022 increased by 8.6% compared to 2021 and reached 2.68 billion rubles. This is evidenced by the data of the market research agency "GuideMarket," which were released in June 2023.

The market showed growth after two years of decline, which was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The main problem was a decrease in demand due to a drop in automotive traffic amid the introduction of restrictions related to the coronavirus, and as a result, a further decrease in margins among operators and suppliers.

At the same time, 2020 once again demonstrated the long-term problem of the industry of the imbalance of supply and demand, arising in crisis moments and leading to unreasonable and jump changes in the cost of fuel, researchers note.

As the President of the Independent Fuel Union (NTS) Pavel Bazhenov noted, if earlier, within the production chain, the main profit fell on production, then in 2022 gas stations became one of the key segments in which profit is generated. Difficulties with export supplies force companies to deploy volumes to the domestic market, which creates pressure on the wholesale price and, as a result, expands the margin of the fuel business, he says.

The retail market feels highly profitable today, we have not had such a high margin due to the decline in wholesale prices for a long time, "says Yevgeny Arkusha, head of the Russian Fuel Union. - In 2022, profitability is significantly higher than it was in previous years, not to mention last year, when it was simply negative.

President of the National Automobile Union Anton Shaparin believes that the gas station market in 2022 felt much more comfortable than before, unlike the end consumer. According to him, this is happening, since in the wholesale link the fuel has become cheaper and continues to fall in price, and in retail the discounts that car owners receive are "completely insignificant and can be measured in kopecks."^[1]

The number of gas refueling increased 1.5 times

The total number of gas gas stations (including cryo-gas stations using liquefied natural gas) in 2022 amounted to 896 units, which is 49% more than a year earlier. At the same time, gas consumption as motor fuel during this time increased by 28% and reached 1.72 billion cubic meters. Such data in the Ministry of Energy led in March 2023.

As they write Sheets"" with reference to the presentation of the ministry, in 2020-2022 Russia. 35,200 cars were converted from gasoline and diesel fuel to gas, according to the document. The average increase in prices for compressed natural gas (CNG) in 2023, according to the Ministry of Energy, amounted to 6.7% (the absolute value is not given) with official inflation, according to the data, at Rosstat 11.9%.

Russians began to consume more gas as motor fuel

The structural division of the Gazprom group - Gazprom Gazomotornoye Fuel - in 2022 increased the network of gas refueling by 12%, or by 48 stations, to 405 refueling, the company's press service told RIA Novosti. According to the results of 2022, more than 1 billion cubic meters of compressed natural gas (CNG) were sold at the facilities of the Gazprom retail network.

According to the Ministry of Energy, in 2022 the cost of compressed natural gas increased by an average of 6.7% with official inflation, according to Rosstat, in the amount of 11.9%.

The state considers gas engine fuel as an economically and environmentally effective alternative to petroleum products in line with the decarbonization of the economy and helps to expand its use. Thus, the Ministry of Energy Ministry of Industry and Trade is implementing a subprogram for the development of the gas engine fuel market (the state program "Development") power engineering specialists, which provides for an increase in its consumption to 2.7 billion cubic meters. m by 2024. The Ministry of Energy also planned to allocate almost 9 billion in 2022-2024 to develop rubles a network of gas stations with compressed natural gas.^[2]

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