The Russian oil refinery Ryazan suspended work after the attack of Ukrainian drones on the night of January 26.
It is reported by Reuters with reference to two sources in the industry.
According to the sources of the agency, as a result of the attack:
- The factory was set on fire;
- Damaged equipment is a railway overpass and a hydraulic cleaning installation that is used to remove impurities from oil products.
Railway equipment was damaged. Railway deliveries are not carried out, oil refining is stopped, ”the agency’s interlocutor said.
Prior to this, the plant was also attacked by drones on the night of January 24. Another interlocutor of the agency said that from that day the shipment was suspended, also confirming that the plant was stopped from the impossibility of shipping oil.
The Russian telegram Astra, citing its own sources, reports that there was fire on the night of January 26. According to sources, at least 18 Ukrainian drones attacked the facility, three of them hit the enterprise.
As a result, the AVT-4 installation broke out, which allows oil to distinguish between gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel and oil from oil, the newspaper says. – This installation was attacked on March 13, 2024, its work was stopped for 2 weeks, after which it was started again, but only 60%.
In addition, according to the Telegram channel, as a result of the attack on January 26, a fire occurred at the oil refinery during the installation of shutdown and moisture and when installing SBI, which converts vacuum gas into high quality. Sulfur cleaning is also damaged.
In 2024, an oil refinery oil refinery, Zasan processed 13.1 million tons or almost 5% of the total oil processing in the Russian Federation. He produced 2.2 million tons of gasoline, 3.4 million tons of diesel fuel, 4.3 million tons of oil and 1 million tons of aviation fuel.
Source: Reuters, Astra
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