The Ryazan Refinery launched the AVT-4 unit, which was stopped due to a UAV attack – Kommersant
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Ryazan Oil Refinery (controlled by Rosneft (MOEX: ROSN)) launched the AVT-4 primary oil refining unit, the operation of which was suspended after the drone attack on March 13, Reuters reports, citing sources. The installation’s load volume has been increased to 60% of the pre-emergency level.
“Ryazan is running at 60% of normal capacity. AVT-4 was returned to work. AT-6 is launched on March 31 and reaches operating mode within a few days,” the agency quotes one of the interlocutors as saying.
About the drone attack on an oil refinery in the Ryazan region on the morning of March 13 reported regional governor Pavel Malkov. Reuters found that two of the four primary processing units, AVT-4 and AT-6, were damaged as a result of the fire that broke out after the attack. Later agency information confirmed Kommersant’s interlocutor in the industry.
According to Reuters, in 2023, Rosneft’s Ryazan oil refinery processed 12.7 million tons of oil, accounting for 4.6% of total oil refining in Russia. At the end of last year, the plant produced 2.8 million tons of gasoline (6.4% of the total volume in the Russian Federation), 3.64 million tons of diesel fuel (4.1%), 3.12 million tons of fuel oil (7.7%) and 0.87 million tons of jet fuel (8%).
AVT-4 and AT-6 account for about 70% of the total primary refining capacity of the Ryazan Refinery. The production capacity of AVT-4 is 11.4 thousand tons of oil per day, AT-6 – 23.2 thousand tons per day.
Read more about how accidents at refineries affected gasoline supplies to the Russian domestic market in the Kommersant article. “Gasoline was lifted from the tanks”.
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