“The oil refinery in the Leningrad region of Russia stopped a key installation of oil processing after the attack of Ukrainian drones and a fire that occurred on the night of October 4”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the agency’s interlocutors, the installation has a capacity of 160 thousand barrels per day, which is about 40% of the total processing capacity of the plant. It takes about a month to restore it.
The plant returns another installation of primary distillation damaged during the attack of drones in mid -September. According to Reuters interlocutors, during the repair of the NPP will work 70% at the expense of other installations that will exceed the nominal capacity.
The Kirishinftoorgsynthesis belongs to Surgutnaftogaz, it is one of the largest Russian refineries. In 2024, the plant processed 17.5 million tons of oil, which was 6.6% of the total oil refining in Russia.
On the night of October 4, Alexander Drozdenko, a governor of Leningrad region, reported in Kirisha, as reported by the governor of Leningrad region. After an hour and a half, the fire, according to Drozdenko, was shared. He did not specify whether the plant was attacked and what the damage was, but the attack on the refinery was written by telegrams, referring to the video and photo from the scene of the drones.
Subsequently, the strike on the refinery in the Leningrad region confirmed the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Ukraine regularly strikes energy facilities in the Russian regions – mainly on refinery. This resulted in the fuel crisis in Russia, which arose, including due to damage to primary oil processing installations at plants.