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Russia’s Tyumen oil refinery in Western Siberia has suspended oil processing following a Ukrainian drone attack on July 25, Reuters reported, citing two industry sources, UATV English reports.
According to the sources, the strike set fire to the refinery’s diesel hydrotreating unit and its high-octane gasoline production unit. They did not say when operations are expected to resume.
The refinery has a nominal processing capacity of about 9 million metric tons of crude oil per year, or roughly 180,000 barrels per day. Industry estimates indicate it typically processes around 6 million tons of crude annually, producing approximately 500,000 tons of gasoline and 2.8 million tons of diesel fuel.
Local authorities confirmed on July 25 that a fire had broken out at the refinery following a drone attack. The facility is located more than 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s border.
According to Reuters, the shutdown could further tighten Russia’s domestic fuel market, where shortages have been worsening since May as Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russian oil refineries in an effort to disrupt Moscow’s military logistics and energy infrastructure.
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