MOSCOW (Reuters) – Recent Ukrainian drone attacks shut down facilities accounting for at least 17% of Russia’s oil processing capacity, or 1.1 million barrels per day, according to Reuters’ calculations.
Following is a summary of attacks in recent weeks on key energy sites in Russia, one of the world’s biggest energy producers.
SYZRAN REFINERY
The Ukrainian military said there was a fire in August in the Syzran oil refinery area in the Samara Region, which had a processing capacity of 8.5 million tonnes per year before the fire.
The military also said on August 15 that it had struck the Syzran oil refinery.
The Syzran oil refinery suspended production and crude intake, according to two industry sources.
KRASNODAR REGION REFINERIES
On Saturday, Kyiv’s military recorded multiple explosions and a fire at the Krasnodar oil refinery in Russia’s south, which produces 3 million tonnes of light oil products annually.
A small fire ignited by debris from a destroyed drone was promptly doused at the Slavyansk oil refinery in the region, authorities said on August 13, with no casualties reported.
On August 7, fallen drone debris caused a fire at the Afipsky refinery also in Krasnodar Region, though the extent of the damage was not immediately clear.
On July 7, debris fell on Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar Region due to a drone attack.
UST-LUGA
Russia’s Ust-Luga Baltic Sea oil export terminal will operate at around 350,000 barrels per day in September, or about half its usual capacity, following damage to pipeline infrastructure from Ukrainian drone attacks, two industry sources told Reuters.
DRUZHBA PIPELINE
Hungary and Slovakia saw supplies via the Soviet-built Druzhba pipeline interrupted following the Ukrainian military strike on the Unecha oil pumping station in Russia’s Bryansk Region.
Ukraine’s military also said on August 13 that its drones struck the Unecha pumping station. Damage and a large-scale fire were reported. However, crude flows through the Druzhba pipeline system were not affected at that time.
NOVOSHAKHSTINSK
A fire broke out following a drone strike at an industrial site in Russia’s southern Novoshakhtinsk city, home to an oil refinery, authorities said in August.
VOLGOGRAD REFINERY
The Ukrainian military said on August 14 its drones had hit a Russian refinery in the Volgograd Region, causing huge fires.
The Volgograd refinery has been shut down after being hit by drone attacks, two sources familiar with the matter said.
The refinery, operated by Lukoil, was forced to halt operations for a little over a week back in February after a drone strike.
SARATOV REFINERY
Ukraine said it struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov Region in an overnight drone attack on August 10, causing an explosion and fire, though the extent of the damage was unclear.
The Saratov refinery was forced to suspend fuel production after a drone strike in February.
SOCHI OIL DEPOT
A Ukrainian drone attack on August 3 caused two oil tanks to catch fire at an oil depot in Sochi in southern Russia, but the blazes were later extinguished, local authorities said.
NOVOKUIBYSHEVSK REFINERY
Primary oil processing at Russia’s Novokuibyshevsk refinery, which is operated by oil company Rosneft, has been halted since August 2 following a Ukrainian drone attack the previous week, two industry sources said.
RYAZAN REFINERY
The Ryazan oil refinery, also operated by Rosneft, halted around half of its refining capacity on August 2 following a Ukrainian drone attack, three industry sources said.
The Ryazan refinery has been struck several times. It was forced to halt operations after a drone strike in late-January, and again in February.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Sharon Singleton)
