Moscow refinery halts oil processing operations due to drone strikes – Reuters
On September 1, a drone attack caused a fire at the Moscow Oil Refinery, which suspended operations at the Euro+ combined processing plant.
Reuters reports this with reference to three informed sources.
The sources added that the plant may resume operations after repairs in five to six days. Gazpromneft [one of the biggest Russian oil companies – ed.] did not respond to Reuters' request for comment.
Gazpromneft, the oil division of the Russian gas giant Gazprom, owns the Moscow oil refinery.
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The Euro+ unit makes up roughly half of the refinery's total capacity, and its crude oil distillation unit can process 6 million tons of oil annually.
Euro+ also comes with a reforming plant that can produce 1 million tons per year and a diesel hydrotreatment plant with a capacity of 2 million tons per year.
Reuters reported that last year, refineries processed 11.6 million tons of crude oil, producing gasoline, diesel fuel, and aviation kerosene.
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As Rubryka reported, on the night of Sunday, drones attacked Moscow and several other regions of Russia, resulting in a fire at the Moscow refinery.
Moscow's head, Sergey Sobyanin, announced that nine drones were destroyed as they approached the city. One drone managed to enter the city but was shot down near the Moscow oil refinery in the Kapotnia district. Local media reported that this incident resulted in a fire.
Three drones fell, damaging a separate technical room of the Moscow refinery and causing a fire.
According to TASS, the propaganda agency, the fire at the refinery has been classified as the most severe in terms of operational services.
