Russian oil companies were able to restore less than half of the capacity of oil refineries that were damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes.
According to The Moscow Times, oil refineries with a total capacity of 40 million tons per year have resumed selling fuel on the exchange after unscheduled repairs. At the same time, large enterprises with a capacity of 45 million tons per year are still idle .
Stopping processing
In June and July, at least 10 Russian refineries halted oil processing due to drone attacks.
Thus, in the last three weeks alone, the Gazpromneftekhim Salavat refinery, the Syzran and Saratov refineries of Rosneft, as well as the Omsk refinery of Gazprom Neft and Nizhegorodnaftoorgsintez, which belongs to Lukoil, have stopped receiving raw materials.
Among the refineries that stopped operations in June were Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery and Tatneft’s Taneco plant.
As a result, according to Energy Intelligence, oil refining volumes in Russia fell to a 20-year low of 3.5 million barrels per day.
Capacity restoration
However, according to market sources, the situation with the gasoline shortage is now slowly starting to improve and recently more capacity has been launched than is being phased out.
At the same time, Russian oil companies are actively selling off gasoline reserves: they have decreased to 1.5 million tons, although at the end of June they amounted to 1.7 million tons.
At the same time, the full restoration of gasoline and diesel production, which have decreased by 25% and 40%, respectively, will take at least two months, provided that there are no new drone strikes.
The most severe damage was sustained by the Moscow refinery, whose repairs will take until 2027 and could cost approximately $1 billion.
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Fuel shortage
As reported, gas stations in Russia have begun to be put up for sale en masse due to the fuel crisis that has affected almost all regions of the country.
It was reported that Russia would be forced to import diesel fuel due to massive strikes on oil refineries (refineries), which led to a reduction in domestic production by almost 40%.
As a reminder, the Russian authorities first acknowledged a gasoline shortage in the Russian Federation after Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries, which caused oil refining volumes in Russia to plummet to their lowest levels in more than 20 years.
As reported, as of early July this year, fuel production in Russia had fallen to a level that is only about 65% of average seasonal consumption in the summer.
On July 8, the Russian Federation introduced a ban on the export of diesel fuel as part of a series of measures to support the domestic fuel market after systematic attacks by Ukrainian drones on oil refineries. This caused a shortage of gasoline.
In mid-June, it became known that Russia was going to import fuel by sea , trying to cope with a gasoline shortage after large-scale attacks by Ukrainian drones on oil refineries.
In early July, it was reported that Russia wanted to import a large batch of Japanese-origin aviation fuel through a complex network of traders to cover the deficit in the domestic market.
As reported, the Russian government has allowed oil refineries to produce gasoline and diesel fuel with reduced quality indicators for the domestic market since the fall of last year, amid Ukrainian attacks on refineries and fuel supply disruptions . The quality requirements were lowered to Euro-3 from the previous Euro-5 in the fall of 2025 by May 1 of this year, and in May their validity was extended.
It was previously reported that Ukrainian drone strikes deprived 50 million Russians of fuel.
Due to infrastructure attacks in June 2026, average daily oil refining volumes in Russia fell to 4.1 million barrels.
Refinery shutdown in Russia
In mid-July, the Russian petrochemical complex “Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat” in the Urals – one of the largest oil refining and petrochemical complexes in the Russian Federation, located in the city of Salavat (Republic of Bashkortostan) – stopped work after an attack by a Ukrainian drone.
As a reminder, in early July, Russia’s largest oil refinery, the Omsk Refinery, stopped operations after a Ukrainian drone attack. The Omsk Refinery is the last of the 11 largest gasoline producers in Russia to be attacked by Ukrainian drones.
As reported, at the end of June this year, the Russian oil refinery Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez (NORSI) – the fourth largest refinery in Russia and the second largest gasoline producer – suspended operations after an attack by a Ukrainian drone.
It was previously reported that the Moscow Oil Refinery in Russia will be inaccessible for at least six months after damage caused by Ukrainian drone attacks.
The Moscow Refinery, located on the southern outskirts of the Russian capital, is the largest supplier of fuel to the Moscow region. The plant was hit twice this month by Ukrainian drones , forcing it to halt operations.
As reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of June 12, 2026, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck oil refineries in Tatarstan – “TANEKO” and “TAIF-NK” in Nizhny Kamsk.
Recall that in Russia, the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery of Rosneft suspended oil refining on June 10 after a drone attack.
The Syzran Oil Refinery has been out of operation since May 21 after equipment was damaged in a drone attack, and has not yet resumed operations.
The Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery suspended operations on April 18 after a drone attack and is currently operating at reduced capacity.
The Volgograd refinery, owned by Lukoil, in southern Russia, has suspended oil processing since May 29 after an attack carried out by Ukraine that caused a fire and damage.
It was previously reported that almost all large oil refineries in central Russia were forced to stop or reduce fuel production after attacks by Ukrainian drones. Джерело: https://censor.net/n4014686
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