The Tyumen Oil Refinery halted operations following an attack by Ukrainian drones,
The Tyumen Oil Refinery in Russia has completely halted oil refining and the production of petroleum products following a drone attack on July 25. According to Russian sources, the strike damaged the facility’s key production facilities.
Due to the consequences of the attack, the refinery is currently not processing feedstock or producing finished products. Details regarding the extent of the damage have not been officially disclosed.
According to the publication, the attack caused a fire at a diesel fuel hydrotreating unit with a capacity of 2.6 million metric tons per year, as well as at a combined unit for the production of high-octane gasoline. It is the damage to these facilities, it is claimed, that led to a complete halt in oil refining.
It is currently unknown how long it will take to repair the facility. RI-Invest, the company that owns the Tyumen Oil Refinery, has not commented on the situation.
Earlier, Tyumen Region Governor Alexander Moor confirmed a drone attack on the region and reported that one of the drones had crashed on the refinery’s grounds, causing a fire.
It is noteworthy that the diesel fuel hydrotreating unit was already undergoing repairs following a fire that occurred on June 6. At that time, Russian officials stated that the fire was caused by internal factors.
This was reported by Russian propaganda media.
Video: An oil depot and a Wildberries warehouse caught fire in Russia following a drone attack.
Losses incurred by Russian retailers from the July 22 drone attacks on Wildberries warehouses in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk could amount to approximately 100–120 billion rubles (1.27–1.53 billion U.S. dollars), assuming the warehouses were fully stocked and most of the goods were destroyed.
On the night of July 18, Ukrainian UAVs attacked the Russian Wildberries logistics center in Elektrostal, near Moscow, and in the Tomsk region.
