Lukoil Refinery in Kstovo Halts Operations After Drone Attack
The Lukoil-Nizhny Novgorodnefteorgsynthetiz refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Region, halted operations after a drone attack, according to Reuters citing three industry sources. The attack damaged several processing units, infrastructure, and production facilities.
Consensus
- The Lukoil-Nizhny Novgorod Neftorgsynthetiz refinery (NORSI) in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgrood Region, stopped operations after a drone attack.
- The attack occurred on August 26.
- The refinery is the fourth largest in Russia by oil refining capacity.
- Several processing units, infrastructure, and main production facilities were damaged.
- The repair timeline is unknown.
- Lukoil did not respond to Reuters' request for comment.
- All major Lukoil refineries in Russia are currently offline.
- The governor of the region, Gleb Nikitin, reported damage to an unspecified industrial facility in the region on August 26.
Points of divergence
- The refinery is owned by Lukoil. — tg_idelrealii
- The refinery is the second largest in Russia by gasoline production. — tg_radiosvoboda
- The damage includes individual units, inter-facility communications, and general plant infrastructure. — tvrain
- The damage includes individual units, inter-facility connections, and general plant facilities. — tg_tvrain
Coverage (4 sources)
- NPU "Lukoil-Nizhnegorodnefteorgsynth" in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, suspended operations after drone strike — Reuters — Idel.Реалии
- Reuters: NORSI refinery suspended operations after PBLA strike — Радио Свобода
- In the Nizhny Novgorod region, after a drone attack, the fourth largest oil refinery in Russia suspended operations — Дождь
- In the Nizhny Novgorod region, the fourth largest Russian oil refinery suspended operations after a drone attack — Дождь (Telegram)
Key entities
- Nizhny Novgorod Region
- Reuters
- Kstovo
- Russia
- NPZ
- NORSI
- Norilsk Nickel
- Reuters NPPZ 'Lukoil-Nizhnegorodnefteorgsintez'
- Gleb Nikitin
- NPO Lukoil-Nizhnegorodnefteorgsintez
- PBLA NPK Norsc