G7 Agrees to Release Diesel and Crude Oil Reserves Over Four Months, Macron Says

A coordinated G7 reserve release is a political signal as much as a supply measure, and the absence of volumes or a start date leaves the market to guess at the actual barrel impact. The four-month drawdown window suggests members expect disruption to persist rather than fade quickly. What matters next is whether individual members publish their own volumes and timing, since that is what would let refiners and traders gauge how much of the release reaches diesel specifically — the product most exposed to tightness.