refinery
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Another factor is the degradation of Russia’s refinery infrastructure, which has sustained considerable damage from Ukrainian attacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Ukrainian media reported that Kyiv had attacked the Kstovo oil refinery, calling it "one of Russia's largest oil refineries, producing fuel and lubricants".
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
They continued to a local winery, to talk about oil and other business deals - the planned Hungarian purchase of Serbia's Nis oil refinery.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Plus, Binance executives are racing to cover billions in losses from the biggest crypto heist in history, and Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
A friend helps Lourdes get work cleaning oil refinery offices and houses by day and ringing up gasoline and cigarette sales at a gas station at night.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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Moscow partially restored diesel exports that it halted this summer after a campaign of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
For more than a century, oil refineries have relied heavily on distillation to separate crude oil into useful components.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Workers have also been asked to halt production at oil refineries, and France is expected to import more electricity than it produces on Thursday because of disruption at nuclear plants.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Kyiv, however, resumed its air campaign on Friday, launching three attacks on three major Russian refineries in the past three days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
These led to observation decks and to adjoining refineries studded with less impressive stacks.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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