The strike follows a September 20 attack on Gazprom Neft's Moscow Oil Refinery, which supplies 40% of Moscow's fuel and also halted operations. More than 70 attacks have targeted Russian refineries in 2026, pushing domestic refining output to its lowest level in 24 years. The Kuibyshev site had previously suspended operations in June due to earlier strikes.
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Rosneft Kuibyshev Refinery Halts 146,000 BPD Following Drone Strike
Commodities26 days ago
Ukrainian drones struck a processing facility in Samara on September 22, forcing a shutdown of its two primary crude distillation units. Both CDU-4 and CDU-5 stopped processing oil after the attack, industry sources told Reuters. These units each have a capacity of 10,000 metric tons, or roughly 73,000 barrels, per day.
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