Strokes on the RFP's refinery led to a reduction in gasoline and diesel exports - Reuters

According to journalists, these measures are taken in the context of the fight against the effects of fires and drones of drones on the country's energy infrastructure. According to the report, in January this year, gasoline and diesel exports decreased by 37% and 23%, respectively with the same period of 2023.

Thus, in the first quarter of this year, Russia, as part of the initiative of organizing oil exporting countries and its allies (OPEC+), voluntarily reduced oil and fuel exports by 500 thousand barrels a day to support energy markets. These measures, designed for non -members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, were caused by technical failures in production facilities.

One of these disruptions was the stop of one of the installations at the fourth largest refining plant of Russia, a nori located near Nizhny Novgorod. This plant belongs to the second largest Russian oil company Lukoil. Repair work there, according to Viceremier of Russia Alexander Novak, will last a month or a half.

As a result of the fire that caused the drone attack, the energy giant "Novatek" was forced to stop part of the operations on its Baltic fuel terminal in Ust-Luz, as well as "technological processes" on the adjacent fuel production complex. It is expected that Russia will reduce oil exports by about 127 500-136,000 barrels per day, which will be approximately a third of the total exports, as a result of violations of oil refineries in the Baltic and Black Seas.

The Ministry also noted that Russia's largest oil companies increased gasoline production, which led to an increase in its supply to the domestic market by 7%, and diesel fuel by almost 17% for the first 25 days of January, compared to the same period last year. The country's reserves have also increased by 16% and 7% for gasoline and diesel, respectively, compared to January 2023.

On the night of January 21, the drones attacked the port "Ust-Luga", on the oil terminal of the company "Novatek" two explosions occurred. Before the attacks, the locals heard the sound of drones. According to eyewitnesses, during the UAV strike on the terminal there continued a load of eight vessels under the flags of Panama, Malta, Liberia, Gabon, Greece, Marshall Islands, Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.

According to the source of focus, the nighttime attack on the sea terminal in the Russian Ust-Luzy is a special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine. On the morning of January 31, Roszmi reported that the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacked the oil refinery (NPP) in St. Petersburg on the Glukhoozersky highway, resulting in a large-scale fire. The explosions got on the video. It was also reported that UAV fragments damaged the machines in the plant.