Overview
- Industry sources told Reuters the Perm oil refinery has halted processing after a Ukrainian drone strike caused a fire and damaged equipment.
- Operators shut three primary crude distillation units and some secondary units, and the CDU-4 unit had already been out since late April after an earlier attack.
- Lukoil owns the plant, which processed about 12.6 million tons of crude in 2024, making it one of Russia’s larger refineries for gasoline and diesel output.
- Perm region governor Dmitriy Makhonin confirmed drone attacks on industrial sites in the region without naming the plant, and Ukraine’s security service later said it struck the refinery and a nearby dispatch station.
- The shutdown fits a broader pattern of Ukrainian hits on Russian energy assets, with recent Reuters summaries noting fires or stoppages at sites such as Tuapse, Kirishi, NORSI, and other refineries.