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On the night of 22 September, Ukraine struck Russia’s Samara region. The target of the strike was the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery.
As a result of the strike, a large-scale fire broke out on the refinery premises. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Exilenova+.
Circumstances of the attack
Starting from 01:30 local time, an air raid alert was announced in the region. Samara airport introduced temporary restrictions on departures and arrivals from the night to ensure flight safety.
According to regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, air defense systems were operating in the region. Russian official agencies and local authorities did not release detailed reports on the exact damage to infrastructure or fires at refining facilities.
Meanwhile, monitoring channels confirm strikes on the refinery territory. After explosions, a huge column of black smoke rose over the plant.
Despite numerous confirmations from local residents about the attack on the refinery, the Samara governor continued to claim that residents were awakened at night only “by the sounds of air defenses operating.”
The official stated that “mobile fire groups, with complete dedication, fulfilled their combat duty and shot down dozens of drones.” The governor said damage to civilian objects was recorded, including private houses and vehicles. He chose not to comment on the strikes on the refinery and the large fire at the facility.
What is known about the enterprise
The Kuibyshev Oil Refinery is one of the largest enterprises in the Volga oil refining industry and is part of the structure of PJSC NK Rosneft.
The refinery is located in the Kuibyshevsky district of the city of Samara. The refinery’s designed crude oil processing capacity is 7 million tons per year.
The plant uses West Siberian crude oil as feedstock and even crude from local fields in the Samara region. The refinery specializes in producing high-quality motor fuels, including automotive gasoline and diesel meeting Euro-5 environmental standards, jet fuel, commercial fuel oil, petroleum coke, and liquefied hydrocarbon gases.
The plant’s production complex includes primary oil processing units ELOU-AVT, as well as secondary process facilities. These include catalytic cracking units, catalytic reforming, isomerization, hydrofining of diesel fuels and gasoline, visbreaking, and gas fractionation.
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