Russia’s largest petrochemical complex, owned by the Sibur holding company, ZapSibNeftekhim, in Tobolsk, Tyumen region in western Siberia, has stopped operations after a drone attack.

Three industry sources told Reuters that the facility  has been closed indefinitely “while the extent of the damage and its consequences are assessed . “

Earlier, regional governor Alexander Moor said that a fire broke out at an industrial facility in the Tyumen region after a drone attack, but he did not say where exactly.

Thus, on Tuesday, August 11, the St. Petersburg International Commodity Exchange did not offer any volumes of liquefied petroleum gas for delivery from the Tobolsk loading point, while earlier this year, about 4 thousand tons of technical propane-butane mixture per day were regularly sold from the Tobolsk filling point.

ZapSibNeftekhim produces about 6 million tons of liquefied petroleum gas annually, which is approximately 40% of the total petroleum gas production in Russia.

The plant processes oil by-products into 2.5 million tons of polymers per year. The liquid gas mixture at the plant is converted into an environmentally friendly raw material, which is then used to produce polyethylene and polypropylene for parts, pipes, a Джерело: https://censor.net/n4017910

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