Ukraine Drones Spark Fire at Russian Refinery as Fuel Crisis Worsens
Ukraine Drones Spark Fire at Russian Refinery as Fuel Crisis Worsens Ukraine’s forces struck the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia, early on Friday, with drones causing a fire at the facility, the Ukrainian General Staffsaid, as Ukraine continues to pound Russia’s refining infrastructure in a bid to worsen the Russian domestic fuel crisis.
The Slavneft-YANOS refinery is one of Russia’s largest oil-refining enterprises and part of PJSC Slavneft.
The facility has the capacity to process about 15 million tons of oil per year, or around 300,000 barrels per day (bpd).
The refinery produces gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, bitumen, lubricants, and other petroleum products.
Ukraine, which hastargetedthe Slavneft-YANOS refinery several times in recent years, says that its fuels are supplying the Russian army.
“Work against key enemy facilities continues,” Ukraine’s army said on Friday.
The drone attack is one of several that Ukraine has carried out in just one week as its forces continue to target Russian energy infrastructure.
Early this week, Ukrainian forceshitthe 180,000-barrels-per-day Afipsky refinery in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar.
The Afipsky refinery, owned by privately held firm ForteInvest, has been targeted by Ukrainian strikes before.
The most recent attack on the refinery was last month, as Ukraine has intensified its campaign to reduce domestic fuel supply in Russia.
Russia has been suffering from a gasoline and diesel crunch since the spring, when Ukraine intensified its drone attacks at Russian refineries, aiming to cripple fuel supply to the front lines and to the domestic Russian market.
The drone hits on refineries, includingdeep into Russian territorymore than 1,000 miles from the border with Ukraine, have become a nearly daily occurrence.
| Product | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Crude | $102.14/bbl | +0.34% |
| WTI Crude | $96.90/bbl | +0.21% |
| EN590 Diesel | $846/MT | +0.18% |
| Jet Fuel A-1 | $1090/MT | +0.55% |
| Mazut M100 | $450/MT | -0.15% |
| Bitumen 60/70 | $470/MT | +0.08% |
| Sulphur Gran 99.5% | $470/MT | -0.44% |
| Urea 46% Gran | $650/MT | +1.12% |
| NPK 16-16-16 | $460/MT | -0.28% |
| Nat Gas TTF | $15.42/MMBtu | +0.92% |
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