The Rosneft Refinery That Supplies Moscow Has Shut Down For The Third Time This Year

The UAVs struck both primary processing units that were in operation.

Rosneft’s Ryazan refinery, with a capacity of 17 million metric tons per year and which supplies fuel to the Moscow region, among others, has halted oil processing since September 6 due to a drone attack, Reuters reports, citing two industry sources translation — The Moscow Times.

At the refinery—which ranks among the top three in the country by production volume, producing more than 2 million metric tons of gasoline and more than 3 million metric tons of diesel fuel annually—both of the primary processing units that were in operation were damaged — the AT-6 unit, with a capacity of 23,200 metric tons per day (48% of the refinery’s capacity), and the AVT-4 unit, with a capacity of 11,430 metric tons per day (23% of the refinery’s capacity).

Another unit, AVT-3, which accounts for 18% of the refinery’s capacity, has still not been restored following a drone attack in mid-May and remains idle.

Rosneft’s largest oil refinery, the Ryazan Oil Refinery, has shut down for the third time since late spring. On May 15, it came under a drone attack and remained idle until mid-July. Two weeks after resuming operations, on July 29, the refinery was attacked again and shut down for at least two weeks.

This time, it will take several more weeks to repair the damaged units, sources told Reuters. As of September 7, the refinery stopped listing fuel lots for sale on the St. Petersburg Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange.

The Ryazan Refinery became the second oil refinery to halt production this month. On September 2, the Kinef refinery in the Leningrad Region—the country’s second-largest in terms of capacity—also halted operations. In August, at least seven refineries halted production due to drone attacks, and the country’s total gasoline output fell to 80,000 metric tons per day. This is approximately 70% of the usual consumption level typical for the summer period (115,000 metric tons per day), sources said.

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