The hit of a Ukrainian drone caused a complete stop of Kuibyshevsky Refinery in the Russian Federation - Reuters

"This stop adds difficulties to the Russian oil refining sector, since the need for emergency repairs after numerous drones stated by Ukraine has led to the fact that they are trying to provide supply. Including in Kuibyshev, " - the message reads. The publication specified that this month of Russia had to increase the import of gasoline from Belarus to avoid possible fuel deficiency.

In addition, Russia was forced to ban export of its own gasoline for six months, starting from March 1 to prevent the sharp increase in internal fuel prices. However, the difficulties at Russian refineries have decreased somewhat because the work of one installation at the Ryazan oil refinery was resumed, which Reuters reported on Wednesday three sources at once, "Last year the Kuibyshev plant was the 29th largest oil refining plant 1. 34% of the total oil processing, ”the newspaper said.

This plant has processed 3. 687 million tons of crude oil. It produced 624,000 tons of gasoline (1. 42%of total production in Russia), 1. 187 million tons of diesel fuel (1. 35%) and 1. 040 million tons of fuel oil (2. 56%). At the same time, the forecast of the production of oil refining in Russia for 2024 remains unchanged and close to last year - about 5. 5 million barrels a day, last week, Minister of Energy Mykola Shulginov said, Reuters writes.

We will remind, on March 16 Ukrainian drones attacked the Sizran and Kuibyshevsky refinery in Samara region. March 15 - Belgorod Refinery, March 14 - NPP in Ryazan, March 13 - NPP in Leningrad region and oil products in Novosakhtyn Rostov region, March 12 - Lukoil oil depot in Nizhny Novgorod KSTOV. Three more oil objects were attacked by drones in the election of the President of the Russian Federation.