“Restore timings laborious to estimate”: considered one of Russia’s largest oil refineries halts operations

The Kirishi Refinery (Kinef) oil refinery has halted all operations following a Ukrainian drone assault that brought on a hearth on the facility.

Supply: Reuters, citing sources

Particulars: The plant is managed by Surgutneftegas and is positioned in Leningrad Oblast, whose oil infrastructure has regularly been focused by Ukrainian drones.

In 2024, the refinery processed roughly 17.5 million tonnes of oil (350,000 barrels per day), accounting for six.6% of Russia's whole oil refining output. That yr, the plant produced two million tonnes of petrol, 7.1 million tonnes of diesel gasoline, 6.1 million tonnes of gasoline oil and 600,000 tonnes of bitumen.

Following the assault, two major and several other auxiliary processing items caught fireplace on the facility. Sources advised the company that the restore timeline is troublesome to evaluate at this stage.

Background:

• On the night time of 25-26 March, drones attacked Russia's Leningrad Oblast, the place the Kinef oil refinery is positioned. The Common Workers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the strike on the plant.
• On the night time of 24-25 March, Russia's Leningrad Oblast additionally got here beneath large-scale drone assault, which brought on a hearth to interrupt out on the territory of the port of Ust-Luga.
• On 23 March, following a drone assault, Russia reported a large-scale drone strike on Leningrad Oblast, injury to a gasoline tank and a hearth on the port of Primorsk.
• Russia has misplaced over 40% of its oil export capability on account of these assaults, in addition to the seizure of tankers and the shutdown of the Druzhba pipeline.

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