Oil refinery in Russia's Perm stops completely after 7 May attacks and remains shut – Reuters

The Perm oil refinery in Russia has completely stopped operations after Ukrainian drones caused a fire and damaged equipment on 7 May.

Source: Reuters, citing sources

Details: Following the strikes, three primary crude distillation units were urgently shut down, along with some secondary units.

One of the units – CDU-4 – has been out of operation since 30 April due to a separate drone strike.

Perm is located over 1,500 km from the border with Ukraine.

Repair work at the plant may take several weeks.

The refinery belongs to Lukoil, Russia's largest private oil company. In 2024, it processed approximately 12.6 million tonnes of oil – around 250,000 barrels per day. The plant also produced two million tonnes of petrol, 5.3 million tonnes of diesel fuel, 700,000 tonnes of coke and 200,000 tonnes of fuel oil.

Background: On the night of 28-29 April, drones operated by the Special Operations Centre Alpha of the Security Service of Ukraine struck the Perm linear production and dispatch station.

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