Moscow's oil refinery halted oil processing following drone attack - Reuters
Moscow's oil refinery (photo: Russian media)
Following a recent drone attack, the Moscow Refinery has suspended operations at its Euro+ combined oil processing unit, reports Reuters.
Agency sources indicated that the refinery could resume processing at the Euro+ unit after repairs, expected to take five to six days.
The Euro+ unit accounts for approximately 50% of the refinery's total primary oil processing capacity, with its CDU-6 crude distillation unit having a capacity of 6 million tons of oil per year.
The Euro+ unit also includes a reforming unit with a capacity of 1 million tons per year and a diesel hydrotreater with a capacity of 2 million tons per year.
The Moscow Refinery is owned by Gazprom Neft, the oil subsidiary of the Russian gas giant Gazprom.
In 2023, the refinery processed 11.6 million tons of oil, producing 2.6 million tons of gasoline, 3.3 million tons of diesel fuel, 2.3 million tons of fuel oil, and 0.9 million tons of aviation fuel.
Drone attack on Moscow's oil refinery
On the night of September 1, over 150 strike drones attacked 16 regions of Russia.
In particular, in Moscow, drones targeted the Moscow Refinery in the Kapotnya district. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that several drones caused a fire in a separate technical building at the facility.
Additionally, at the end of August, Ukrainian kamikaze drones struck the Atlas oil depot in the Rostov region near the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky.
Rescue teams struggled for an extended period to control the fire. The oil depot experienced repeated explosions, and the flames spread to new storage tanks.
