55.6614°N · 37.7411°E
Moscow Refinery (Gazprom Neft), located in Kapotnya, Moscow — supplies approximately 40% of the Moscow metropolitan region fuel needs at ~12.15 Mt/yr.
A drone strike caused fires at both primary crude processing units — AVT-6 and EURO+ — which together account for 100% of the refinery's capacity. Crude processing was completely halted.
Combined crude processing unit, three RVS-10000 tanks and one RVS-30000 tank hit; refinery fully halted crude processing for an indefinite period
ELOU AVT-6 primary crude distillation unit damaged, accounting for ~53% of total refinery capacity; refinery fully shut down; large-scale fire with smoke visible from several kilometres; facility 15 km from the Kremlin and ~500 km from Ukraine's border; supplies aviation fuel to Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky airports
Processing suspended during record drone attack on the capital, limited structural damage.
Full processing shutdown after strike
According to three industry sources cited by Reuters, crude processing was completely halted after the strike. Fires affected both primary crude processing units: AVT-6, accounting for 53% of capacity, and EURO+, accounting for 47%. Repairs may take several weeks, and refinery products were not offered on the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange from September 21.
Operations halted for safety after drone strike
Moscow refinery halted processing after drone strike during a record wave of attacks on the capital. Reuters sources said structural damage was not significant, but operations were suspended as a precaution.
