Russia's Second Largest Refinery Halted 40% Of Capacity

The refinery was hit by a drone.

The Kirishinefteorgsintez oil refinery in the Leningrad region halted operation of its most powerful oil refining unit after a drone strike on October 4, Reuters reported, citing two industry sources.

As a result, the refinery, which is Russia's second-largest oil refiner by volume, lost 40% of its capacity - 22,800 tons per day. According to Reuters' sources, the fire damaged the AVT-6 unit and will take at least 3-4 weeks to repair.

Kinef, which processed 17.5 million tons of oil last year, or almost 7% of the refinery's total refining capacity, was hit by a UAV raid for the second time in a month. On September 14, the refinery also experienced a fire and shut down another unit, AT-6, which provides 38% of its capacity.

Now, according to Reuters' sources, Kinef is bringing it back online and plans to increase utilization of other units - 15% above their rated capacity. This will allow the refinery to keep about 70% of oil processing (about 40,000 tons per day), the agency's interlocutors expect.

Kinef became the fourth Russian refinery hit by Ukrainian strikes in October. Slavneft-YANOS in Yaroslavl, Rosneft's Tuapse refinery and Orsknefteorgsintez in the Orenburg region were also affected. In September, at least four refineries completely or partially suspended operations due to drones. Among them are the Novokuibyshevsk refinery and the Ryazan refinery, which supplies fuel to the Moscow region, among others.

Because of the gasoline shortage, which has spread from the Far East to Central Russia, the authorities are preparing to start importing gasoline from China, Singapore and South Korea, as well as to increase purchases in Belarus. Although the export of gasoline and diesel fuel from the country is already banned, there is a risk of further deterioration of the fuel situation, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak warned the government in late September.

The Donald Trump administration intends to help the AFU expand strikes on Russian energy facilities, sources in the White House told NBC News earlier. According to the Financial Times, the new measures should help the Ukrainian military better understand the locations of air defense assets and map out strike routes, which will improve the effectiveness of drones and long-range missiles.

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