Refinery

Novoshakhtinsk refinery — two drone strikes suspend operations

22 June 2022

Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, Russia

What happened

Two drones struck the Novoshakhtinsk refinery near Russia's border with Ukraine. The first hit a processing unit, causing a gas leak, explosion and fire that spread to nearby equipment; the second damaged equipment in the crude-oil tank farm without starting another fire. The refinery confirmed that operations at the approximately 112,000 bbl/d plant were suspended. No casualties were reported.

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Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Infrastructure
Refinery
Latitude
47.7800°
Longitude
39.8500°

Attribution

Attributed to Ukraine

The refinery and Russian regional authorities described drones arriving from the direction of Ukraine; Ukraine did not publicly claim the strike.

Sources

  1. Operations at Russia's Novoshakhtinsky refinery suspended after two drone strikesS&P Global Commodity Insights · Incident reporting