The Fifth Major Russian Oil Refinery Since Early August Has Shut Down Due To A Drone Attack

It may take several weeks to repair.

Lukoil’s “Permnefteorgsintez” (PermNOS) refinery, the seventh-largest in Russia by processing volume, has come to a complete halt due to a fire and damage to processing units resulting from an attack by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on August 21, Reuters reported, citing two industry sources.

Dmitry Makhonin, governor of the Perm Krai, reported last Friday that the region had been attacked by UAVs and that an industrial facility had been damaged, without specifying the name of the company.

According to the sources, on August 21 following the UAV attack, the AVT-4 primary processing unit, with a capacity of 14,110 metric tons per day (38% of the refinery’s capacity), was shut down as an emergency measure. According to sources speaking to Reuters, repairs could take at least 1–2 weeks.

Another PermNOS primary unit—the AVT-5, with a capacity of 12,930 metric tons per day (34% of the refinery’s total capacity)—has been shut down since July 29 following a UAV strike. The refinery also has two other units, AVT-1 and AVT-2, each with a capacity of 5,234 metric tons per day (14% of the refinery’s total capacity).

Capable of refining up to 12.6 million metric tons of crude oil per year, PermNOS became the fifth Russian refinery to halt fuel production in August due to drone attacks. On August 12, following a fire, the Orsknefteorgsintez (OrskNOS) refinery, owned by Forteinvest, ceased operations.

On August 10, Sibur’s Zapsibneftekhim Sibura in the Tyumen Region—the country’s largest petrochemical complex, producing 2.5 million metric tons of polymers and 6 million metric tons of LPG annually. On August 5, Rosneft’s Saratov refinery ceased oil processing, and on August 3, Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery did the same.

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