Ukraine Drone Strike Knocks Out Russia's Novoshakhtinsk Refinery
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officials in New York aimed at de-escalation.
The Novoshakhtinsk refinery in the southern Russian region of Rostov was hit by drones and had to be taken offline, regional governor Yury Slyusar said in apost on Telegramearly on Friday.
As a result of the drone attacks, the Novoshakhtinsk refinery, which has the capacity to process 110,000 barrels of crude oil per day, was damaged and halted operations, the official said.
Ukraine continues its campaign to cripple Russian refining capacity, fuel supply, and export revenues.
Due to the low refinery production, Russia has been forced to ban diesel exports for months and islikely to extend the banbeyond September 30.
The ban was initially introduced in July as Ukraine has continuously taken Russian refineries offline.
Last week, Ukrainehit an oil refinery near Moscow, damaging a processing plant co-owned by Rosneft and Gazprom Neft.
Recent attacks from both sides show that there isn't any truce in attacking energy sites.
Ukraine's forces hit the refinery in Yaroslavl with drones last week, while Russia attacked infrastructure in Kyiv.
Russian dailyVedomostireported last week that the government would extend its ban on diesel exports for all fuel producers to October 31, due to delayed refinery maintenance and the need to rebuild fuel reserves before winter.
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.
| 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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