Russia’s fourth-largest oil refinery shuts down after Ukrainian drone attack – Reuters
The Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery, Russia’s fourth-largest oil refinery and its second-largest gasoline producer, halted crude processing after a Ukrainian drone attack on Thursday, July 2.
This was reported by Reuters and the Russian outlet The Moscow Times, Censor.NET informs.
The consequences of the Ukrainian attacks on the refinery
According to The Moscow Times, the plant in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region sustained damage to its main AVT-6 primary refining unit, which accounted for 53% of the enterprise’s capacity.
Another unit, AVT-5, which accounts for 25% of the plant’s capacity, was disabled by a drone on June 24.
Since Thursday, NORSI has stopped selling wholesale batches of motor gasoline and diesel fuel on the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange.
Background
As a reminder, on July 2, the SSU, Special Operations Forces, Unmanned Systems Forces, and the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reported a successful strike on the Nizhny Novgorod refinery and the Starolikeyevo oil pumping station. Both facilities supply fuel to the Russian army.
