Rosneft Has Shut Down The Refinery That Supplies Moscow

• 30.07.2026, 20:19

He was attacked by a UAV.

Rosneft’s Ryazan refinery, with an annual capacity of 17 million metric tons and which supplies fuel to the Moscow region, among other areas, halted oil processing following a drone attack on July 29, according to Reuters citing industry sources.

A fire broke out at the refinery, which ranks among the top three in the country in terms of production volume, producing more than 2 million metric tons of gasoline and more than 3 million metric tons of diesel fuel annually.

Rosneft’s largest refinery came under attack about two weeks after it had managed to resume production following a forced shutdown. On May 15, it was also hit by a fire, halted refining operations, and repairs continued until mid-July. This time, it will take two to three weeks to restore the plant, sources told Reuters.

On the same day, the Permnefteorgsintez refinery—Lukoil’s second-largest in terms of capacity—shut down one-third of its oil refining capacity. As a result of a drone strike on July 29, the plant’s AVT-5 unit, with a capacity of about 13,000 metric tons per day, was damaged.

In total, since the beginning of July, eight Russian refineries have fully or partially halted production due to drone attacks. In addition to the refineries in Ryazan and Perm, the Tyumen Refinery completely halted operations on July 28, on July 14, the “Gazpromneftekhim Salavat” refinery halted operations, and on July 12 and 8, respectively, Rosneft’s Syzran and Saratov refineries ceased operations.

On July 6, Gazprom Neft’s Omsk refinery—the largest in Russia—suspended production; however, by the end of the month, according to the Financial Times, it had fully resumed operations. On July 2, Lukoil’s Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery halted operations. It is currently operating at about 50% capacity, according to estimates by S&P Global.