May 17, 2024 15:37 GMT
Russia's Tuapse Refinery Forced into Emergency Shutdown
REFINING
The earlier Ukraine drone strikes on Russia’s Tuapse refinery has resulted in an emergency shutdown according to Reuters sources.
- According to one of the sources, the drones hit the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production unit at Tuapse while the crude distillation unit (CDU) remained undamaged.
- The source said the damage could peotnailly be bypassed and the refinery restarted in some capacity soon.
- The refinery has a nameplate capacity of 250,000 bpd.
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