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title: "All Key Lukoil Refineries Halted: The Scale of Russia's Refining Crisis"
description: "By the end of August 2026, all three key Lukoil refineries in Europe — in Kstovo, Perm, and Volgograd — have been shut down following UAV strikes. A combined total of over 44 million tonnes of annual refining capacity has been taken out of service."
date: 2026-08-27T07:46:28.000Z
lang: en
url: https://xab.info/en/posts/all-lukoil-refineries-halted-russia-refining-crisis
tags: [lukoil, oil-refineries, russia, drones, energy, perm, volgograd, kstvo]
publisher: "XAB.info"
---

# All Key Lukoil Refineries Halted: The Scale of Russia's Refining Crisis

![Map of Russia showing Lukoil's key refineries shut down: burning plants and a 28% production crash](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/27/vse-npz-lukoila-ostanovili-rabotu-krizis-pererabotki/vse-npz-lukoila-ostanovili-rabotu-krizis-pererabotki-1.webp)

## 🎯 Key Points

- All three main Lukoil refineries in Europe (Kstovo, Perm, Volgograd) ceased normal operations by the end of August 2026.
- A combined total of over 44 million tonnes of annual refining capacity has been taken out of service — more than 15% of Russian oil refining.
- The halt in refining has led to reduced oil extraction and the overfilling of Transneft's storage tank farms.

By the end of August 2026, according to Reuters and NV.ua, all three main Lukoil refineries in the European part of Russia had ceased normal operations. The strike on the Kstovo facility was the final link in the chain of shutdowns of the refining assets of the country's second-largest oil conglomerate.

### Status of the Three Flagship Plants

NORSI in Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, capacity ~17 million tonnes) was shut down on August 26 following a repeat strike on the AVT-6 unit. The Perm refinery "Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez" (~13 million tonnes) halted refining after a drone raid in late August. The Volgograd refinery "Lukoil-Volgozhneftepererabotka" (~14.8 million tonnes) failed to recover from a series of attacks on the primary distillation units (ELOU-AVT-5).

### Total Damage to the Sector

More than 44 million tonnes of annual refining capacity within a single company's structure has been taken out of service — over 15% of all Russian oil refining. This has forced a reduction in crude oil extraction in Western Siberia and the Volga region due to the overfilling of Transneft's storage tank farms and the need to shut in wells.

### Contradictory Data

Accounts of the scale of the damage are inconsistent. The main text and a number of sources report a complete shutdown of all three plants. However, the outlet Korrespondent (source ID 4) describes the consequences of the strikes as the loss of "a third of the capacity" of one of Lukoil's largest refineries, indicating partial rather than complete incapacitation. The exact volumes of lost capacity and the actual utilization rates of production lines at each facility as of August 27, 2026, have not been independently verified.

## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification

- [Putin's Nightmare: What Happened to All of Lukoil's Main Refineries After Ukraine's Strikes](https://world.comments.ua/news/russia/strashnyy-son-putina-chto-proizoshlo-so-vsemi-osnovnymi-npz-lukoyla-posle-udarov-ukrainy-814667.html) - Обзор отключений всех основных НПЗ холдинга, согласуется с тезисом о полной остановке трёх заводов.
- [Major Refinery Burns in Russia After Drone Strike 1,500 km from Ukraine (Video)](https://www.unian.net/war/npz-lukoyl-permnaftoorgsintez-gorit-posle-ataki-sbu-13454919.html) - Видеофиксация пожара на Пермском НПЗ после атаки БПЛА.
- [Consequences of the Attack on the Perm Refinery Revealed](https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/4898270-stalo-yzvestno-o-posledstvyiakh-ataky-na-npz-v-permy) - Последствия атаки на Пермский НПЗ, подтверждает прекращение переработки.
- [UAV Strike: One of Lukoil's Largest Refineries Lost a Third of Its Capacity](https://korrespondent.net/world/russia/4898623-atpaka-bpla-odyn-yz-krupneishykh-npz-lukoila-poterial-tret-moschnostei) - Последствия атаки на Пермский НПЗ, подтверждает прекращение переработки.

## ❓ FAQ

### Q: Which Lukoil plants are currently not operating?
**A:** All three key European plants are out of normal operation: NORSI in Kstovo, and the Perm and Volgograd refineries.

### Q: What is the combined capacity of the halted plants?
**A:** The combined capacity of the three facilities exceeds 44 million tonnes of oil per year — more than 15% of all Russian oil refining.

### Q: What are the consequences of the refining shutdown?
**A:** The inability to refine or export oil is forcing the shut-in of wells due to the overfilling of Transneft's storage tank farms.