In Russia, a fifth oil refinery suspended operations in September
The Moscow Oil Refinery, owned by Gazprom Neft, has temporarily suspended its operations due to fires caused by drone attacks. According to Reuters sources, repairing both primary crude oil distillation units could take several weeks.
Another oil refinery in Russia suspended operations in September
The Moscow Oil Refinery temporarily suspended its operations on September 20 following a drone attack.
According to the agency, the Ukrainian drone attack caused fires in both primary oil processing units at the refinery.
Sources report that repairing the damaged equipment could take several weeks.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced on September 20 that a large-scale drone attack had been launched against the capital. He stated that several unmanned aerial vehicles had penetrated the territory of the Moscow Oil Refinery.
The refinery's AVT-6 primary processing unit has a capacity to process 21.4 thousand tons of crude oil per day. This accounts for 53 percent of the plant's total capacity.
Meanwhile, the EURO+ combined unit processes 18.8 thousand tons of crude oil per day, providing the remaining 47 percent of the refinery's capacity.
Reuters writes that starting from September 21, wholesale batches of petroleum products produced at the Moscow Oil Refinery were not put up for sale on the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange.
The Moscow Oil Refinery has been targeted by drone attacks before. Following a strike on the enterprise on the night of June 18, its operations were also temporarily suspended.
Prior to this, the "Yaroslavnefteorgsintez" and Ryazan oil refineries, which supply the capital region with fuel, as well as the Syzran and Saratov refineries, had suspended their operations.