Russia's Ryazan oil refinery has suspended operations after an attack by Ukrainian drones late last week, two market sources informed Reuters on Monday.

They said oil storage at the refinery had actually been set ablaze. Among damaged equipment were a railway loading rack and a. hydrotreater unit utilized to get rid of impurities from improved. products.

The train packing equipment has been harmed. There have. been no railways loadings, they stopped oil processing, one. individual stated.

Another source stated the loadings have actually been suspended because. Friday, also validating that the plant has actually been stopped due to. inability to dispatch oil items.

Rosneft, which owns the plant, did not respond to. an ask for comment.

Other market sources said that other oil refineries,. including in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Yaroslavl, may step in. to provide the fuel.

Ryazan oil refinery processed 13.1 million metric tons. ( 262,000 barrels per day), or almost 5% of Russia's total. refining throughput in 2024.

It produced 2.2 million lots of gas, 3.4 million loads. of diesel, 4.3 million lots of fuel oil and 1 countless jet. fuel, according to a source-based data.

(source: Reuters)