Overview

• Authorities confirmed a blaze at the Jaroslavnefteorgsintez complex in Yaroslavl, roughly 300 kilometers northeast of Moscow.
• Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said the incident resulted from technical causes and reported no detection of a drone attack.
• The facility can process about 15 million tonnes of crude per year, ranking among Russia’s largest and the biggest in northern European Russia.
• RBK, citing consulting firm Siala, reported that refinery outages reached 38% of facilities by late September, with about 70% attributed to Ukrainian drone strikes.
• A prolonged shutdown at Yaroslavl would risk worsening Russia’s gasoline shortages.