Russia on Wednesday suspended the operations of its fourth largest oil refinery - Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez (NORSI) in Nizhny Novgorod region following a Ukrainian drone attack.
The refinery came under drone attack on Sunday, on April 5, and caught fire, as a result of which its operations were suspended. According to local authorities, two on-site facilities, a power plant and several residential buildings were damaged during the strike. Supplies from the refinery may be suspended until the end of April.
Data from the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange further supports this situation. Lukoil, the owner of the NORSI refinery, has halted sales of gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil produced at that facility.
According to Reuters, NORSI ranks as the fourth-largest refinery in Russia, with a processing capacity of up to 16 million tons of crude annually.
Earlier, the Ukrainian News agency reported that on April 7, operations at the Shekhsaris oil terminal in Novorossiysk were suspended following a Ukrainian drone strike. This terminal serves as a crucial hub for exporting Russian oil and petroleum products via the Black Sea.
Earlier in March, Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea put every second oil or oil production tank out of order, according to Ukrainian reports.
Ukraine has scaled up drone and missile strikes on Russian energy infrastructure in occupied parts of Ukraine and deep in Russia. These attacks have halted at least 40 percent of Russia’s oil export capacity.
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