Rosneft Ryazan Refinery Halts After Ukrainian Drone Strike — SkimNews
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- Rosneft's Ryazan oil refinery suspended operations after a Ukrainian drone strike hit the facility last weekend, with two industry sources confirming the shutdown to Reuters on Thursday.
- CDU-6, the refinery's main unit which caught fire in the attack, can process 8 million metric tons of oil per year (~160,000 barrels/day) — nearly half the plant's total capacity.
- CDU-4, another primary unit, was also shut down and can process 4 million tons per year; a third primary unit, CDU-3, has been under maintenance since mid-May.
- Industry sources told Reuters repairs to the damaged units could take up to several weeks, and the refinery supplies fuel to Moscow.
- The Ryazan refinery was previously hit by drones in May and July, with the July attack causing a two-to-three-week suspension of operations.
- Ukraine has ramped up drone strikes on Russian oil refineries and supply lines since spring to deprive the Kremlin of windfalls from surging oil prices, halting or scaling back production at facilities representing large shares of Russia's gasoline output.
Why it matters: The shutdown removes roughly 160,000 barrels/day of processing capacity from a Moscow-supplying refinery, tightening Russian domestic fuel supply as Ukraine systematically targets refining infrastructure to deny the Kremlin oil revenues. Multi-week repairs compound pressure on a facility already hit twice this year.
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