Russian oil refining drops 30% after new wave of Ukrainian strikes
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Since late October, Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian
oil refineries have reduced Russia’s processing capacity by about 30%, Reuters
reported on Nov. 10, citing industry sources.
According to industry sources and officials, Ukrainian
attacks over the past week disrupted operations and caused emergencies at nine
of Russia’s 35 largest refineries, Reuters reported.
Industry sources said the combined nominal daily capacity of
the Russian refineries targeted by drones in recent weeks, including three
major plants in central Russia, is about 2.2 million barrels. Russia’s total
primary refining capacity is about 930,000 metric tons of crude oil per day,
the agency reported.
At the end of October, Russian refineries were processing
about 700,000 metric tons, or roughly 5 million barrels, of crude oil per day,
according to Reuters’ sources.
The sources estimated that the actual reduction in Russia’s
refinery output could be as much as 200,000 metric tons per day. The affected
facilities include refineries in Ryazan, Yaroslavl and the Volga region,
Reuters reported.
Ukraine resumed strikes on Russian refineries after Oct. 30,
when an energy truce between Kyiv and Moscow announced by U.S. President Donald
Trump failed to take effect.
In the latest attack, carried out overnight on Nov. 9,
Ukrainian forces struck the Kirishi refinery, Russia’s second-largest.
Russia has already been forced to restrict fuel sales
because of the Ukrainian attacks.
Russian authorities introduced similar measures in many
regions during the summer, when an earlier wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on
refineries coincided with peak seasonal fuel demand.
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