Russian Syzran Oil Refinery Halted by Ukraine Drone Attack

Russia's Syzran oil refinery on the Volga River halted oil processing on December 5 after being damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources said on Tuesday.

Ukraine and Russia have been attacking each other's energy facilities as peace talks have failed to progress.

The Ukrainian military said on Friday that it had carried out long-range strikes overnight on an oil refinery in the Russian city of Syzran and the Temryuk port in the Krasnodar region.

The sources said the drones hit the plant's CDU-6 crude distillation unit, which is primary equipment that was also targeted by drones in August and required two weeks of repairs.

One of the sources said that the latest repair work could last for about a month.

Refinery owner Rosneft did not respond to a request for comment.

Oil refining at the Syzran plant was well below capacity last year at about 90,000 bpd, or 4.3 million metric tons, industry sources have said.

The plant produced 800,000 tons of gasoline, 1.5 million tons of diesel and 700,000 tons of fuel oil last year.

(Reuters)