Reuters: three of Russia’s largest oil refineries cut diesel output after Ukrainian strikes

Source: Reuters

Three of Russia’s six largest diesel-producing oil refineries significantly cut or completely halted output in September after Ukrainian drone strikes damaged their facilities.

The Reuters news agency reported the figures, citing its own calculations based on data from fuel market participants.

The six refineries — in Omsk, Kirishi (“Kinef”), Volgograd, Perm, NORSI (“Nizhny Novgorod Oil Refining and Petrochemicals”), and “Taneko” in Nizhnekamsk — account for about half of Russia’s diesel fuel production, according to the agency’s estimate.

“Kinef” has shut down completely, while the Volgograd refinery and NORSI are running at about a quarter of their designed capacity, sources cited by the agency said. Diesel output at these plants is now several times lower than usual.

The question of a diesel fuel shortage was recently raised by U.S. President Donald Trump. On September 13, he called on Ukraine to stop striking Russian enterprises involved in diesel production, claiming that it was the Russian-Ukrainian war, not the U.S. conflict with Iran, that led to the diesel fuel shortage and the rise in prices worldwide. Kyiv responded that it is ready for a truce if Russia also stops its strikes.

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