Major Russian oil refinery shuts down after Ukrainian drone strike — Reuters
Photo: A fire broke out at the factory following a drone strike (t.me mchs_official)
The Russian oil refinery Orsknefteorgsintez has completely halted oil refining following a strike by Ukrainian drones and a subsequent fire, according to Reuters.
On Tuesday, August 11, Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian refinery, located approximately 1,900 kilometers east of the border with Ukraine. The Ukrainian military has already officially confirmed the strike.
According to industry sources, the drone strike damaged some of the plant's crude oil processing units, forcing the refinery to suspend operations. Forteinvest, the company that owns the facility, declined to comment.
The Orsk oil refinery is a medium-sized facility with a design capacity of 5.76 million metric tons per year (approximately 115,200 barrels per day).
In 2024, the refinery processed 4.2 million metric tons of crude oil, producing 1.8 million metric tons of diesel fuel, 600,000 metric tons of gasoline, 500,000 metric tons of bitumen, and 200,000 metric tons of fuel oil.
On the night of August 11, Ukrainian drones attacked the Komsomolsk oil refinery in the Khabarovsk Krai of Russia.
The facility is one of the key suppliers of petroleum products to Russia's Far East. Its design capacity is 8.5 million metric tons of crude oil per year.
In addition, yesterday, a Wildberries logistics complex caught fire in the Novousmansky district of the Voronezh region. Eyewitnesses reported explosions, and the company confirmed the evacuation of employees.
