Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Andrey S. Kaukin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy; Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Author-Name: Eugenia M. Miller Author-Workplace-Name: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Title: Reducing the Damper Will Reduce Super Profits of Russian Refineries, but Will Not Make Them Unprofitable Title: Сокращение демпфера снизит сверхприбыли российских НПЗ, но не сделает их убыточными Abstract: The RF Ministry of Finance is considering halving the payments to oil refining companies under the damping mechanism from September 2023 for a period of one year. The publication assesses the effects of the adjustment on the economics of the refining industry, in particular, the possibility to provide the domestic market with break-even production of petroleum products. Keywords: oil refining sector, petroleum products, damper mechanism Classification-JEL: H24, L71, Q38, Q41 Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2023 Issue: 7 Month: July Pages: 29-33 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r2356.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r2356