Reposted by Patrick Bisenius
Re: Trump's diesel deal with Putin
Conversion factor is 7.5 barrels of diesel per metric ton. Daily global diesel consumption is around 25 million bpd. So, the initial 300,000 tons, or 2.2 million barrels, would meet global demand for about two hours.
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