Tuapse Refinery
44.0944°N · 39.0878°E
About
Tuapse Refinery (Rosneft, KINEF), built on the Black Sea coast of Krasnodar Krai, is Russia primary coastal oil refinery with a throughput of ~12 Mt/yr. Uniquely, it combines refining and marine export in a single asset: processed products flow directly to the Tuapse oil terminal and are loaded onto tankers via the deepwater export pier. The refinery produces diesel, gasoline, fuel oil, and aviation kerosene distributed across southern Russia and exported via the Black Sea. It has been the single most-struck Russian energy facility of the conflict — hit 10 times between January 2024 and May 2026. By April 2026, Ukrainian drone strikes destroyed 52% of storage tanks (24 of 46) and triggered the 2026 Tuapse environmental disaster: benzene and xylene contamination, oily black rain over the city, and an oil slick extending 50+ km into the Black Sea. The refinery is fully offline as of May 27, 2026.
Strike history
9- ConfirmedSev. 5/5
1 killed, oil slick 50+ km into Black Sea, benzene contamination, environmental disaster declared.
−100% capacity180d downtime - ConfirmedSev. 4/5
Fuel tanks struck, major fire, port and refinery fully shut down.
−40% capacity20d downtime - ConfirmedSev. 4/5
Third strike wave before previous fires extinguished, evacuations ordered, 1 killed, 3 injured.
−40% capacity30d downtime - ConfirmedSev. 4/5
Second strike wave, fires reignited, port infrastructure further damaged, 1 killed.
−35% capacity18d downtime - ConfirmedSev. 5/5
Tank farm devastated, 28 of 47 tanks destroyed or damaged, 3-day fire, refinery halted.
−100% capacity60d downtime - ConfirmedSev. 4/5
Five drones hit tanker and port loading stands, fuel exports suspended, refinery halted.
9d downtime - ConfirmedSev. 2/5
Fire on refinery premises, ~8 drones engaged, 50 m² blaze extinguished within hours.
- ConfirmedSev. 3/5
Fire in oil storage tanks, emergency shutdown, operations halted.
9d downtime - ConfirmedSev. 4/5
Vacuum distillation unit destroyed, refinery halted, months-long repairs required.
−30% capacity14d downtime
Status updates
- Status change-100%
Environmental disaster — offline, oil spill in Black Sea
Devastating drone strike triggered the 2026 Tuapse environmental disaster. 1 killed. Benzene and xylene contamination, black oily rain across the city. Oil slick 50+ km in Black Sea. Facility completely offline. One of the largest environmental incidents of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
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