Russia's Second-largest Oil Refinery Has Completely Halted Oil Processing

The company is the largest fuel supplier to St. Petersburg.

"Kirishinefteorgsintez," Russia's second-largest oil refinery, has completely halted oil refining following a drone attack on August 30. The facility accounts for about 7% of Russia’s total oil refining capacity and is the largest supplier of fuel to St. Petersburg and the country’s northwestern regions, according to a Russian publication The Moscow Times, citing research by Reuters and the Financial Times.

According to two industry sources, two primary oil refining units at the plant were damaged as a result of the attack.

The AVT-6 unit is capable of processing 22,860 metric tons of crude oil per day and accounts for about 40% of the plant’s total capacity. The capacity of the second unit—AT-1—is 4,860 metric tons per day, or another 8%.

The refinery has two additional units—AT-6 and AVT-2—which together account for the remaining 52% of capacity. However, they were not in operation at the time of the attack.

"Kirishinefteorgsintez" is owned by "Surgutneftegaz" and has a design capacity of 20 million metric tons of crude oil per year. In terms of this metric, it is second only to the Omsk Refinery in Russia, which has a capacity of 22 million metric tons.

The facility produces approximately 2 million metric tons of gasoline and 7 million metric tons of diesel fuel annually.

This is not the first extended shutdown the plant has experienced in 2026. Following drone attacks on March 26 and May 5, the refinery also shut down for repairs.

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