Oil processing at Russia’s Kuibyshev refinery, which is owned by Rosneft, has been halted since 28 August following Ukrainian drone assaults.
Supply: Reuters, citing two trade sources
Particulars: The sources mentioned the assault broken each of the plant’s principal crude distillation models – CDU-4 and CDU-5 – every with a capability of 70,000 barrels per day. A number of the refinery’s secondary models had been additionally broken.
The Kuibyshev refinery had solely resumed operations on 21 August after present process main repairs that started on 1 July.
The refinery is a part of Rosneft’s Samara group of refineries, which additionally contains the Novokuibyshevsk and Syzran crops.
The Syzran refinery is at present not operational following a drone assault on 15 August. The Novokuibyshevsk plant was attacked on 2 August.
The Kuibyshev refinery has an annual capability of seven million tonnes of oil, or about 140,000 barrels per day. In 2024, it processed 4.7 million tonnes of crude, producing 0.8 million tonnes of petrol, 1.4 million tonnes of diesel and 1.3 million tonnes of gas oil, in keeping with Reuters’ trade sources.
Background:
- Russia has revised its August oil export plan from western ports upwards after Ukrainian drone assaults disabled a number of refineries and freed up extra crude for export.
- Reuters estimates that Ukrainian assaults have disrupted not less than 17% of Russia’s oil refining capability.
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