Tyumen oil refinery suspends operations following drone attack on July 26

An oil refinery in Tyumen, located in the aggressor country of russia, has suspended operations following an attack by Ukrainian drones. According to BBC News, Reuters reported this on Tuesday, July 28, citing sources.

Two unnamed sources told Reuters that the drone attack caused a fire at the diesel fuel hydrotreating unit and the high-octane gasoline production unit.

The agency’s sources did not specify how long it might take to repair the damaged equipment.

The Tyumen oil refinery has a processing capacity of 7.5 million metric tons of crude oil per year. It produces about 2.8 million metric tons of diesel fuel and approximately 0.5 million metric tons of gasoline.

The facility was attacked by drones last Saturday, July 26. Tyumen Oblast Governor Aleksandr Moor reported that a drone crashed on the refinery’s grounds, after which a fire broke out.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on the night of July 13–14, Ukrainian drones attacked the “Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat” refinery in the Republic of Bashkortostan, russian federation. According to Reuters, the facility suspended operations as a result of the attack.

And in early July, Ukrainian drones struck the largest oil refinery in the russian federation, located 2,500 kilometers from Ukraine. It also suspended operations following the attack.