Major Russian Oil Refinery on Fire After Drone Strike

A Ukrainian drone attack hit one of Russia’s biggest refineries in an assault President Vladimir Putin said was aimed at disrupting his presidential election later this week.

It was not immediately clear how much damage had been caused to Rosneft PJSC’s largest oil refinery, which was hit in the latest wave of drone attacks on Russia.

The strike on the refinery in Ryazan about 200 kilometers (124 miles) southeast of Moscow was on a facility that has a capacity of 17.1 million tons a year, or around 340,000 barrels a day. It is a major supplier of motor fuels for Russian regions around the capital. It’s the second casualty of Ukrainian strikes that have damaged facilities accounting for more than 10% of Russia’s oil-processing capacity in the past two days.

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[kelseybihm]

If the steam furnace goes down the water in the piping will cause leaks everywhere if it’s below freezing temps. I work at a chemical plant and it caused huge problems during a freeze blowing lines and bursting pipes and valves. This will absolutely shut it down

[cobra]

Now Biden will jack up the price of gas. Again.