The refinery in Ryazan, according to one of the sources, will remain closed at least until the end of November. “No loadings of petroleum products are planned before December 1,” the source explained. The governor of the Ryazan region, Pavel Malkov, confirmed that on Saturday there was a fire in one of the industrial facilities in the region, caused by fragments of a drone. However, he did not indicate what specific installation he was talking about.
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Port of Novosibirsk. When can it resume operations?
In Novorossiysk, one of Russia's most important export ports, a drone attack damaged two moorings serving Suezmax tankers with a deadweight capacity of 140,000 tonnes. tone. As a result, loading was moved to another station, and one of the damaged ones is still closed. Another source indicated that exports of Kazakh oil through this port may be delayed by a day or two.
Experts predict that the port of Novorossiysk may resume full operations by the end of the month unless additional difficulties such as storms occur. Industry sources emphasize that the Ukrainian attack on the port has so far been the most severe for Russia's oil export infrastructure in the Black Sea.
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Novosibirsk and Ryazan. Important elements of the Russian economy
According to data from October 3.22 million tons of oil were exported through Novorossiysk, which corresponds to 760 thousand barrels per day. Meanwhile, the Caspian Oil Pipeline Consortium terminal, through which a fifth of Russia's crude flows, also suspended operations after Friday's attack.
