Hearth brought on by Ukrainian drone assault on Russian refinery oil spill within the Black Sea metropolis of Tuapse compelled administration to close down the refinery instantly, two sources acquainted with the matter mentioned.
The fireplace on the refinery, owned by the Rosneft oil firm, has been extinguished, Russian state information company TASS reported immediately.
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Russian air defenses and the Black Sea Fleet destroyed 102 Ukrainian drones and 6 unmanned vessels in a single day, the Russian Protection Ministry mentioned.
Rosneft has not commented on the assault.
In accordance with a supply, the drones hit the liquefied petroleum fuel (LPG) unit on the Tuapse refinery, whereas the crude oil distillation unit (CDU) remained intact.
“There was no black smoke in the course of the hearth. Which means that solely fuel (LPG) is being burnt,” mentioned a supply.
He added that, technically, it’s attainable to bypass the LPG plant and restart the refinery comparatively quickly.
The Tuapse refinery had halted oil processing and manufacturing following a hearth following a drone assault on January 25 and remained closed for about 3 months earlier than resuming operations on the finish of April.
The refinery’s annual capability is 12 million metric tons (240,000 barrels per day). It produces naphtha, gas oil, fuel, vacuum fuel oil and excessive sulfur diesel and provides gas primarily to Turkey, China, Malaysia and Singapore.
In 2023, the plant processed 9.378 million tons of crude oil, producing 3.306 million tons of fuel oil and three.123 million tons of gas oil.
Supply: RES-MPE
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