Drone Strike Shuts Down Key Russian Oil Refinery in Syzran, Disrupting Energy Output

The Syzran Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region has temporarily halted operations following a reported Ukrainian drone attack, according to local sources.

Reuters reports this.

According to the agency, the strike occurred on May 21. A Ukrainian drone attacked one of the primary oil processing units at the enterprise.

After the attack, the plant shut down the CDU-6 unit, which provides over 70% of the refinery’s production capacity.

According to estimates from international agencies, restoring the enterprise’s operations may take more than a month.

Rosneft, which owns the plant, has not yet officially commented on the situation.

The Syzran Refinery is located in the Samara Oblast on the Volga River. The plant’s design capacity is about 8.5 million tons of oil per year.

In 2024, the plant processed 4.3 million tons of crude oil. The enterprise produced 1.5 million tons of diesel fuel, 800 thousand tons of gasoline, and 700 thousand tons of fuel oil.

As a reminder, explosions were heard in the area of the Syzran Oil Refinery in the Samara region of Russia at night . After that, local residents reported a fire and thick smoke near the plant.

As reported, on the night of Wednesday, May 20, drones attacked the city of Nevinnomyssk in the Stavropol Territory of Russia. The strike likely hit the Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant, causing a fire in the industrial zone.

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