Oil refineries stop working in Russia – UNIAN
They explain this by the effect of Western sanctions against Russia.
The Russian oil refineries Volgogradsky, Ilsky and Yaysky were unable to complete scheduled repairs due to a lack of equipment, so they partially stopped their work.
According to the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, this will have a negative impact on the domestic volumes of oil refining in the Russian Federation and the fulfillment of export obligations. In addition, a shutdown will worsen the situation with fuel supplies to the domestic market and increase costs for maintenance and modernization of enterprises.
“It is expected that the volume of oil refining capacity during the shutdown will be 1.8 – 2 million tons per month.”
Intelligence officials note that one of the reasons for the refinery's downtime is limited access to Western equipment and components….
