Moscow refinery halts operations after drone attack – media
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The Moscow Oil Refinery temporarily stopped oil processing after a drone attack that occurred on May 17.
Reuters reports this.
According to the agency’s source, the strikes did not damage the company’s critical equipment, but the plant’s operations were suspended for safety reasons.
It is expected that it may take several days to restore full operation.
Previously, Moscow authorities reported drone crashes near the enterprise’s territory.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that 12 people were injured in the attack, most of whom were construction workers near the factory’s entrance gate.
At the same time, according to him, the main technological capacities of the refinery remained intact.
The Moscow Oil Refinery is located in the southeast of the Russian capital and is considered one of the key enterprises that provide fuel to Moscow and the region.
The plant belongs to Gazpromneft.
According to Reuters, the company processed about 11.6 million tons of oil in 2024. The plant also produced 2.9 million tons of gasoline and 3.2 million tons of diesel fuel.
By the way, the Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Defense Forces, struck a military-industrial complex enterprise and a number of oil facilities in the Moscow region , as well as the Belbek military airfield in Crimea.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced strikes on a number of facilities in Moscow and the Moscow region , including a refinery, an oil depot, and a microelectronics production facility.
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