Kirishi Refinery
Leningrad Oblast
Surgutneftegaz
Kirishi Refinery (KINEF, Surgutneftegas), Leningrad Oblast — Russia 2nd-largest at ~20.1 Mt/yr (6.6% of national output). Main fuel supplier for St. Petersburg and northwest Russia; key Baltic exporter. Operates 4 crude distillation units (CDU/ELOU-AVT), vacuum distillation, hydrocracking, and catalytic cracking.
20.1 MTPA
Strikes: 6
Three of four CDU units damaged, full halt since May 5.
20+ drones, CDU ELOU-AVT-2 and AVT-6 hit, refinery fully halted.
Ukrainian drones struck Kirishi refinery (KINEF) in the early hours, hitting the LAB-LABS unit and ELOU-AVT-6 crude distillation unit. Four explosions reported. Fires visible on the horizon. NASA FIRMS confirmed thermal anomalies concentrated at the ELOU-AVT-6 unit. At least the fourth attack on this facility in 2025.
Fire in distillation unit, brief output reduction.
Fire in atmospheric distillation section, partial output reduction.
Fire at fuel processing units, output partially curtailed.
Updates
Full shutdown after drone strike
Ukrainian drones damaged 3 of 4 crude distillation units. Kirishi refinery (20-21 Mt/yr, Russia 2nd largest) completely halted all operations. Estimated repair time: several months.