Tuapse Refinery
{{Short description|Oil refinery in Tuapse, Russia}}
{{Infobox oil refinery
| name = Tuapse Refinery
| coordinates = {{coord|44|06|15|N|39|05|55|E|display=title,inline}}
| image = Туапсе Росфнефть.jpg
| location_map = Russia Krasnodar Krai#European Russia
| founded = 1958{{clarify|date=August 2024|reason=Body of article says it began operation in 1929.}}
| city = {{flagicon|RUS}} Tuapse, Russia
| operator = Rosneft
| employees = ~2,400
| website = {{URL|nnos.lukoil.ru}}
| module = {{Infobox mapframe |align=right |wikidata=yes |zoom=12 |height=250 |stroke-width=2 | {{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
}}
The Tuapse Refinery ({{langx|ru|Туапсинский нефтеперерабатывающий завод}}) is an oil refinery in the Russian city of Tuapse. It has belonged to the Russian state-owned company Rosneft since 1992.
History
In 1929, construction of the refinery finished and it began operation. Much of the oil originated in Soviet Chechnya at the time.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
In 1992, Russian president Boris Yeltsin decreed that the refinery would belong to the state-owned Rosneft.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
In October 2013, a new unit at the refinery began service to expand the production capacity.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rosneft.ru/news/pressrelease/111020132.html |title=Владимир Путин дал старт работе установки ЭЛОУ-АВТ-12 на Туапсинском НПЗ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092210/http://www.rosneft.ru/news/pressrelease/111020132.html|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=live |access-date=2013-10-13}} In 2014, six new hydrocracking units were introduced, and the products would fulfill European emission standards.{{Cite web |url=http://statgk.ru/news/2014/05/24/zavershen-montazh-6-reaktorov-na-tuapsinskom-npz|title=Монтаж и установка реакторов гидрокрекинга на Туапсинском НПЗ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712215736/http://www.statgk.ru/news/2014/05/24/zavershen-montazh-6-reaktorov-na-tuapsinskom-npz |archive-date=2014-07-12 |url-status=dead |access-date=2014-06-24}} A similar unit was introduced in February 2015, which produces diesel fuel based on European standards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rosneft.ru/news/news_in_press/13022015.html|title=На Туапсинский НПЗ продолжается поставка крупногабаритного оборудования|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075548/http://www.rosneft.ru/news/news_in_press/13022015.html |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=live |access-date=2015-05-13}}
File:NASA FIRMS 2025-03-14 Tuapse.png's FIRMS on March 14, 2025 at 00:37 (UTC)]]
During the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Ukrainian military conducted numerous attacks on Russian targets, especially oil refineries. The Tuapse refinery was struck on January 25, 2024,{{Cite web |title=Ukraine claims strike on another oil refinery in Russia |publisher=Politico |date=January 25, 2024 |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-oil-refinery-russia-kremlin-revenue/}} and again on May 17.{{Cite web |title=Russia's Tuapse oil refinery halted after Ukrainian drone attack, sources say |publisher=Reuters |date=May 17, 2024 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-tuapse-oil-refinery-halted-after-ukrainian-drone-attack-sources-say-2024-05-17/}} The refinery had to cease operations after the January 2024 attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4bd2b770-422b-45dc-b495-52a08e3e927d |title=Ukraine strikes oil refineries deep inside Russia |newspaper=Financial Times |date=March 14, 2024}} On March 14, 2025 the refinery was again struck by Ukrainian drones, causing a reportedly 1,000 square meter fire{{cite news| url= https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-hit-russias-tuapse-oil-refinery-reportedly-setting-fuel-tank-on-fire/ |website= kyivindependent.com |title= Ukrainian drones strike Tuapse oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, governor says |first= Tim |last= Zadorozhnyy |date= 2025-03-14 |access-date=2025-03-14}} detected by NASA's FIRMS.