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One worker dead and three injured in Russian oil refinery explosion

Illustrative photo by Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed/Anadolu via Getty Images
The facility suspended operations in February after a Ukrainian drone strike. Illustrative photo by Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed/Anadolu via Getty Images
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One worker was killed and three others were injured in an explosion at an oil refinery in the Russian city of Ryazan, the TASS and RIA news agencies reported.

“During scheduled technical works at the plant, performed by employees of the contractor organization... equipment depressurization occurred,” TASS cited the refinery’s representative as saying.

The refinery, located around 200km southeast of Moscow and owned by Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft, has been targeted several times by Ukrainian drones. In February, it suspended operations after a drone attack.

The site processed 13.1 million metric tons (262,000 barrels per day), or almost 5% of Russia's total refining throughput in 2024.

It produced 2.3 million tons of gasoline, 3.4 million tons of diesel, 4.2 million tons of fuel oil and 1 million tons of jet fuel, according to source-based data.

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