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Russian Kirishi Oil Refinery Halts Largest Processing Unit After Drone Strike, Recovery to Take a Month
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The Kirishi oil refinery, one of Russia’s largest, is expected to take about a month to resume full operations of its most productive crude distillation unit, CDU-6, following a drone attack and fire on October 4, two industry sources told Reuters on October 6.
CDU-6, with a processing capacity of 8 million metric tons per year (around 160,000 barrels per day), makes up roughly 40% of the refinery’s total output. The temporary shutdown may lead to a modest decline in oil product production amid ongoing fuel shortages in Russia.
The refinery, operated by Surgutneftegaz, is also restoring another primary unit that was damaged by drones in mid-September. While CDU-6 undergoes maintenance, the plant is expected to operate at about 70% of its normal capacity, with other units running above their nominal output.
In 2024, the Kirishi refinery processed 17.5 million tons of crude, equivalent to roughly 6.6% of Russia’s total refining volumes.
Earlier, an oil refinery in the city of Tyumen in western Siberia, about 2,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, was reportedly targeted by drones.
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