Norsi Refinery (Kstovo)
56.1644°N · 44.1650°E
About
NORSI refinery (Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez), located in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the Volga River, is Russia 4th-largest refinery at ~17 Mt/yr. It operates six crude distillation units, including the key CDU-6 which alone processes 190,000 bpd (53% of refinery capacity). NORSI produces diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, petrochemical feedstocks and lubricants distributed across the central Volga region.
Strike history
7- ConfirmedSev. 4/5
A drone attack caused a major fire with several hotspots near the AVT-5 and AVT-6 crude distillation units. The facility sustained significant damage.
- ConfirmedSev. 5/5
A fire broke out at the refinery following the strike. Several processing units, inter-unit infrastructure and plant-wide facilities were damaged, and crude oil processing was completely halted.
−100% capacity - ConfirmedSev. 5/5
AVT-6 primary crude distillation unit damaged; refinery fully halted crude processing; large fire, two fires recorded in industrial zone; refinery had not yet resumed operations following the previous strike on 24 June
−0% capacity - ConfirmedSev. 5/5
Primary crude distillation unit CDU-5 with capacity ~12,000 tonnes per day (~one quarter of total capacity) damaged; refinery fully halted operations; St Petersburg commodity exchange suspended gasoline and diesel trading from NORSI
- ConfirmedSev. 4/5
Strike by 1st UAV Systems Centre and GUR on LUKOIL-Nizhegorodorgsynthesize refinery in Kstovo; damage details not disclosed
- ConfirmedSev. 4/5
CDU-6 (53% capacity, 190,000 bpd) halted, governor confirmed fire.
−53% capacity30d downtime - ConfirmedSev. 4/5
A drone attack damaged two plant facilities and caused a fire; the CHP plant powering the process units was also damaged. Crude processing was halted.
Status updates
- Status change-100%
Full processing shutdown after strike
According to three industry sources cited by Reuters, the strike damaged several processing units, inter-unit infrastructure and plant-wide facilities. The refinery completely halted crude processing, with no restoration timeline available. Following the NORSI shutdown, all of Lukoil’s major Russian refineries — NORSI, Perm and Volgograd — were simultaneously not processing crude.
- Capacity change-53%
CDU-6 halted — 53% of refinery capacity offline
Ukrainian drone strike halted CDU-6 at NORSI — the main crude unit processing 190,000 bpd. The unit accounts for 53% of the refinery total capacity (17 Mt/yr, Russia 4th largest). Governor confirmed fire at the industrial site.
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