The attacks of Ukrainian UAVs led to a reduction in Russian oil exports - Bloomberg

From April 1 to April 17, daily raw oil processing at Russia's oil refineries, which were affected by the attacks of Ukrainian drones, amounted to an average of 1. 23 million. In mid -April, Russia recycled 5. 22 million barrels of crude oil, which is about 10,000 barrels or 0. 2% below the average at the beginning of the month. Bloomberg writes about it with reference to your own calculations.

It is noted that the grounds for the fall of the oil refining industry was the repairs at the refining plants affected by drones. According to sources of the publication, the process of repairing damaged refinery in Russia is slow. At the same time, the article emphasizes that because the Russian Federation has been conducting full -scale fighting in Ukraine for over two years, Kiev has decided to use UAVs for attacks in the most important Russian industrial industry.

The purpose of the Ukrainian government is to limit the supply to the front line of Russian fuel and to reduce the receipt of oil dollar to the Kremlin treasury. In early 2024, drones attacked Russian oil refineries at the beginning of 2024, which caused their partial or complete stop. The sources of the publication emphasize that the rate of processing of crude oil at the oil refineries of Russia, which were affected by the attacks of Ukrainian UAVs, amounted to an average of 1.

23 million barrels from 1 to 17 April. According to Bloomberg sources, this is about 280,000 barrels a day less than the average for the period 1-24 to attack. The Tupsin Plant of PJSC "Rosneft", which at the end of January suffered due to attacks, continues to work in the offline, and the rest of the damaged oil refineries belonging to the manufacturer have not yet resumed their indicators to the level to the attack.

At the same time, the volumes of processed crude oil at the NORSI enterprise PJSC "Lukoil" in Nizhny Novgorod also did not reach the January level, but earlier this year the enterprise also had a technical incident that had a negative impact on its work. The flood was also affected on the oil refining industry, through which the Oilsk Oil Refinery stopped.