Drone strike stops gas processing plant in Russia’s Astrakhan

Caused by the UAV attack, the fire engulfed a condensate unit with a 3 million-ton-a-year capacity that supplies gasoline and diesel. Restarting the facility could take weeks or even months, the sources said. The plant sits near the Caspian Sea, about 1,000 miles from the Ukrainian border.

Astrakhan Governor Igor Babushkin confirmed that a “regional industrial site” was attacked by drones but did not identify the plant by name.

“In 2024, the plant processed 1.8 million tons of stable condensate, producing 800,000 tons of gasoline, 600,000 tons of diesel and 300,000 tons of fuel oil, according to industry sources,” the report said.

This was not the first drone strike on the facility. In early February, similar attacks damaged a production block and halted operations until late August.