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REFINING: Volgograd Oil Refinery Gradually Resumes Operations

REFINING

Russia's 300kb/d Volgograd oil refinery gradually resumes processing to more than half of capacity after a halt in operations following a Ukrainian drone attack on February 3, according to Reuters sources.

  • The crude distillation unit CDU-5 restarted on February 10, a source said.
  • Throughput exceeded 20,000 metric tons on Feb. 10 to 60% of its average throughput in January, another source said.
  • The Volgograd refinery processed 13.7m tons of oil, or 5.1% of the total Russian refining in 2024, Reuters said.
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Russia's 300kb/d Volgograd oil refinery gradually resumes processing to more than half of capacity after a halt in operations following a Ukrainian drone attack on February 3, according to Reuters sources.

  • The crude distillation unit CDU-5 restarted on February 10, a source said.
  • Throughput exceeded 20,000 metric tons on Feb. 10 to 60% of its average throughput in January, another source said.
  • The Volgograd refinery processed 13.7m tons of oil, or 5.1% of the total Russian refining in 2024, Reuters said.