Ryazan oil refinery supplying Moscow Oblast shuts down for second time in month

The Ryazan oil refinery owned by Russian energy giant Rosneft, which supplies fuel to the Moscow Oblast, suspended crude processing again after a Ukrainian drone strike on 15 November.

Source: The Moscow Times, an independent Amsterdam-based news outlet

Details: Rosneft's largest refinery, which processed 13.1 million tonnes of crude last year (5% of Russia's total refining capacity), is expected to stay idle until at least the end of the month.

The 15 November drone strike sparked a fire at the plant and disabled its primary crude-processing unit, which accounts for 48% of its throughput – around 8 million tonnes a year.

On 23 October 2025, the Ryazan refinery partially halted operations following a drone attack: the AVT-4 primary distillation unit and several adjacent units were put out of action, costing the plant about a quarter of its throughput. It is now completely paralysed, with all units shut down.

Drone strikes also forced the Ryazan refinery to halt part of its operations in both August and September. Last year the plant produced 2.3 million tonnes of petrol, 3.4 million tonnes of diesel and 4.2 million tonnes of fuel oil.

Background:

• On 15 November, Ukraine's defence forces struck an oil refinery in the Russian city of Ryazan.
• On 16 November, Ukraine's General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces struck the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast.

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