MOSCOW (Reuters) - The fire has been extinguished after a drone attack on the Volgograd refinery in southern Russia on Saturday.
Russia and Ukraine are targeting each other's energy infrastructure with the aim of disrupting ** lines and logistics and demoralizing each other. Both sides are trying to gain the upper hand in a conflict that has lasted almost two years and shows no signs of ending.
Over the past month, Russia's energy infrastructure has also been hit by technological failures, adding to uncertainty in the global oil and gas market, which is already battered by the conflict in the Middle East.
Volgograd Governor Andrey Bocharov said on the local Telegram channel that there were no people involved in the incident.
As a result of the fall of a downed drone, a fire broke out at the Volgograd refinery. Fire and rescue forces acted quickly and quickly contained the fire locally, and the open burning was extinguished. No personnel**.
Lukoil, the oil producer that owns the refinery, has not immediately responded to a request for comment.
The Volgograd refinery on the Volga has a capacity of 14.8 million tons per year (almost 300,000 barrels per day) for processing **.
Another refinery owned by Lukoil, Norsi, also suffered a power outage in January. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that repairs to the refinery would take at least a month or a month and a half.