In the Oryol and Nizhny Novgorod regions of the Russian Federation on the night of today, March 12, fires broke out at fuel and energy complex enterprises after being hit by drones.
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Corresponding messages appeared on social networks.
In particular, the governor of the Oryol region Andrei Klichkov in his Telegram channel reported about the fall of a UAV on one of the oil refineries located in the city of Oryol. He claimed that special services were working on the spot to contain the fire, but there were no casualties.
The authorities of the Oryol region reported that as a result of a drone hitting an oil storage facility in Oryol, one of the tanks caught fire; more than 60 people and a fire train were involved in extinguishing the fire. The mayor of Orel, Yuri Parakhin, announced the evacuation of 17 residents of two multi-storey buildings located next to the site.
Photos appeared on social networks showing a powerful fire and a column of smoke in Oryol. According to media reports, the fire could have occurred at the facility of the Orelnefteprodukt company, part of Rosneft,
Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin in his Telegram channel reported on a drone strike on an oil refinery in the city of Kstovo. According to him, as a result of the impact, a fire occurred “at one of the oil processing plants” and there were no casualties.
The Lukoil company, which owns the refinery, reported that the operation of the process unit at the enterprise was stopped “due to the incident,” but the details of the “incident” were not specified.
The Nizhny Novgorod Oil Refinery is one of the largest oil refineries in Russia. According to Russian media, this plant supplies the Moscow region, which accounts for about 30% of gasoline consumption in Russia.
In January of this year, it was reported that one of the two catalytic cracking units at the plant was shut down due to a malfunction of foreign compressor equipment, which could not be promptly replaced due to Western sanctions. Lukoil then promised to complete the repair of the installation by spring.
Source: Racurs
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