Fire reported at Russia's Syzran oil refinery [View all]
Source: The Kyiv Independent
The governor of Russia's Samara Oblast reported on March 16 that two Rosneft oil refineries in the area were targeted by Ukrainian drones, resulting in no casualties but leaving one facility on fire.
Ukraine has launched a concerted effort to degrade Russia’s oil production capabilities, targeting refineries across the country. Earlier this week, oil refineries were attacked in Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Leningrad oblasts.
The facilities hit by Ukrainian drones in the past days account for about 12% of Russia’s oil-processing capacity, Bloomberg reported.
The Volga River region's Syzran refinery was on fire, but an attack on the Novokuibyshevsk refinery had been thwarted, regional governor Dmitry Azarov said via Telegram on March 16. There were no casualties, according to him. The Russian city of Samara is located around 850 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
Read more: https://kyivindependent.com/fire-reported-at-russias-syzran-oil-refinery/
A quick Google search reveals that the Syzran refinery can process about 170,000 barrels of oil per day. If Ukraine keeps hitting refineries at the clip they have been for the last two months, Russia is going to end up being an importer of gasoline and diesel. The last week has in particular have been bad for the Russian oil refiners.
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