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01Jul 2026

On July 1st, at B1.ro, commenting on the reasons why in Romania prices are kept high much more than would be normal. What do we observe in our country? When it is expensive, the prices at the pump are very quickly correlated with the international quotations. When it's cheap, the transmission belt no longer works so well and the discounts are transferred much more slowly to the consumer. The argument of stocks (that prices are kept high because we are now consuming crude oil that was bought when the price was higher) can be credible, but only up to a point. If, year after year, we observe the same pattern (almost real-time price increases vs slow-down prices), we are dealing with a deliberate practice, in which case gas stations have to give explanations not only to the Government, but also to the Competition Council.

30Jun 2026

Digi24

Tuesday, June 30, on Digi24 about the exit from the state of emergency in the fuel market. Even if in the short term there will be some price increases (within the limit of 30 banis), these increases should not last more than a few days, since the decrease in the international quotation for crude oil (which reached $72/barrel of Brent) should already be transmitted in the prices at the pump. In July, we have to return to the prices we had at the end of February.

30Jun 2026

Tuesday, June 30, on B1.ro talking about the expiration of the state of emergency, established in April, in the fuel market. On the last hundred meters, the PSD MPs would have wanted to extend the measures by another 3 months. However, the evolution of international quotations does not justify this. If PSD really wants to help Romanian drivers, they should fight for the halving of the excise tax, which would mean a reduction of 1.5 leu, not 36 money.

29Jun 2026

Digi24

My discussion on Monday, June 29 with Anca Orheian, at Digi24, about the opportunity to extend the state of emergency in the fuel market. From my point of view, the extension is NOT necessary because the crude oil price dropped dramatically reaching $72/barrel of Brent. Therefore, the month of July must bring significant reductions at the pump, by no means increases in price.

15Jun 2026

Other

My discussion on Monday, June 15, with Andrei Bratucu from "Follow the Money", about what is happening in the crude oil market and how much hope we can have in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Americans and Iranians. The prevailing feeling is that of caution / cautious optimism, given the lack of seriousness we have seen from the leader of the free world in the almost 4 months since the beginning of this conflict. The markets are reacting positively (the price went down, now being around $80/bbl of Brent). On the international market, the situation is greatly helped by China, which bought less crude oil in May. Compared to the first 3 months of 2026, when China's imports were at 11.8 Mb/day, in May the imports fell below 8 Mb/day, which took the pressure off the price at international quotations. In the Romanian market, the element of novelty in the last 2 months is given by the competition between Petrom and Rompetrol to offer the best (low) price. The position of the most advantageous price was occupied by Petrom for a long time, but in the last period it is increasingly contested by Rompetrol, which owns the largest refinery in Romania.

08Jun 2026

Digi24

"Gasoline more expensive than diesel" was a temporary anomaly at the pump. My comment on Monday, June 8, for Digi24, about the causes of this anomaly. The assessment regarding the temporary nature of this price reversal was confirmed in the following days when the correction came: standard diesel became more expensive than standard gasoline again (which is true, only by 1 ban): June 9... - gasoline: 9.33 lei/liter - diesel: 9.34 lei/l June 10 - gasoline: 9.08 lei/l - diesel: 9.09 lei/l The cheaper gasoline and standard diesel can be found in Rompetrol stations, which on this occasion becomes a 'price maker' on the Romanian fuel market.

31May 2026

The discussion on Sunday, May 31, at B1.ro about the #VerticalCorridor and regional interconnection. With Isac Mihai, Cătălin Gabriel Done, Alice Marius Craciun. Dialogue moderated by Razvan Munteanu.

26May 2026

Digi24

This morning, at Digi24, about the situation at the pump (gasoline more expensive than diesel). Normally, in Romania where we have a high consumption of diesel and low consumption of petrol, the price of diesel is higher than that of petrol as we import diesel and export petrol respectively. It is related to the structure of the car park, which is dominated by diesel vehicles. What we see now in the market (the price reversal) reflects the lower quotes for diesel in the Mediterranean area - a result of a micro-relaxation of the diesel market (part of the car consumption switched to electric, China reduced its crude oil imports) plus the price of the barrel which reflects a lot of optimism (the prospect of a peace agreement this summer).

24May 2026

Euronews

Sunday, May 24, together with Christian Năsulea, in the show moderated by Paula Rusu, from Euronews Romania, answering some questions about Doicesti, Hormuz and the Iernut power plant. Too little time to go into depth, but enough to point out a few ideas.

21May 2026

An intervention on the subject of the SMR from Doicesti, today on B1.ro in Gabriela Mihai's show. In short: yes - the project is not cheap, yes - we can live without it, yes - many other things can be done with this money. The question is different: do we want Romania to be part of a new industry? Do we want to have the research-development-innovation (CDI) infrastructure and to focus on the themes of the future? Do we want to be integrated into the value chains of new industries (or at least... have a tangent with them) and participate in or host cutting edge projects? Or, as a state, we only focus on solving the basic problems, specific rather to the last century (water-sewer, asphalting, so bare necessities). So, backward-looking or forward-looking? There is a lot to say, but I think that if we follow the logic of "what we can afford", we would not even end up in NATO/EU. Therefore, if the project can be rethought in such a way as not to put too much pressure on the public money (eg: to attract international partners and external funding), it should not be thrown into the trash. Even if it went to the left in Romania, the project has its merits (technology is not in discussion) and should not be politicized. On the contrary, it could really be a good opportunity for Romania to position itself strategically in a new branch of the nuclear industry, of course if Romania wants something like that. See more

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