Drones strike one of Russia's main gas condensate plants, which also produces diesel

Drones attacked Russia's Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug on the afternoon of 15-16 October, striking the Chernomyrdin Surgut Gas Condensate Stabilisation Plant.

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

Details: Ruslan Kukharuk, Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, accused Ukraine of carrying out the attack and said that "a fire broke out at an industrial facility in the Surgut district".

The Surgut plant is one of Russia's largest facilities for processing oil and gas condensate mixtures.

Its designed capacity is 12 million tonnes per year. It produces petrol, diesel, aviation gas, liquefied petroleum gas and stable gas condensate.

The plant is owned by Gazprom Pererabotka. Surgut is located 2,500 km from the Ukrainian border.

Background: On 15 October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine will resume strikes on Russian oil refineries after a three-day pause requested by the US.

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