The disruption is one of more than 70 refinery attacks in 2026, which have pushed Russia's refining output to a 24 year low. In a separate development, the Krasnodar region declared a state of emergency on September 24 after drone strikes slowed grain exports. Other infrastructure, including the Moscow Oil Refinery, has also suspended crude processing following drone-induced fires.
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Russian Oil Refining Hits 24 Year Low After Rosneft Plant Halt
Commodities26 days ago
Ukrainian drones stopped oil processing at Rosneft's Kuibyshev refinery on September 22, removing approximately 146,000 barrels per day of capacity. Two industry sources told Reuters that the strike damaged both primary crude distillation units, CDU-4 and CDU-5, which each process 10,000 metric tons of oil daily. The attack is part of a broader campaign of deep-range strikes aimed at crippling Russian diesel refining.
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