May 13, 2026 [Reuters]- Russia’s Perm oil refinery has completely halted processing after a Ukrainian drone attack on May 7 caused a fire and damaged equipment, two industry sources said.
Local governor Dmitry Makhonin said on Friday Ukrainian drones attacked industrial facilities in the Perm region, around 1,460 kilometres (908 miles) east of Moscow. He didn’t name the facility.
Ukraine has been targeting Russia’s oil infrastructure in order to reduce Moscow’s funds and dent its military capabilities.
The sources said three primary crude distillation units were urgently halted after the strikes. Some secondary units were also stopped, they said.
One of the units, CDU-4, had already been idle since April 30 due to another drone attack.
The sources said the repair work may take several weeks, Lukoil, which owns the refinery, did not reply to a request for comment.
In 2024 Perm refinery processed around 12.6 million tons, or 250,000 barrels per day, of oil. It produced 2 million tons of gasoline, 5.3 million tons of diesel, 700,000 tons of coke and 200,000 tons of fuel oil.
TankTerminals.com is a market research platform with not only manager-level contact details but also logistical, operational, infrastructural and shipping data of more than +11,000 tank terminals and +6,420 production facilities worldwide.
