Overview
- Industry sources say the Nov. 15 strike disabled the refinery’s primary crude distillation unit, with no product loadings planned before Dec. 1.
- An earlier Oct. 24 attack sidelined another distillation unit equal to roughly 26% of the plant’s capacity, and repairs on that unit are still ongoing.
- The refinery, which processes more than 260,000 barrels per day in normal operations, has idled remaining units and suspended sales on the SPIMEX exchange as of Nov. 15.
- Local residents reported an overnight strike on Nov. 20, and the regional governor said drones were downed with debris causing a fire at an enterprise, though no new refinery damage has been officially confirmed.
- The Ryazan shutdown follows a wider Ukrainian campaign against Russian energy infrastructure, including a reported hit on the Novokuibyshevsk refinery and a temporary halt to oil exports from Novorossiysk.