Russia says it repelled drone attack on oil refinery in Tyumen region


MOSCOW, June ⁠20 (Reuters) - Russian air defences repelled a ⁠drone attack on an oil ‌refinery in the Western Siberian region of Tyumen, the regional governor said on Saturday.

"A drone ​attack on the Tyumen ⁠oil refinery has ⁠been repelled. Emergencyservices are working at the ⁠site ‌where the debris fell. According to preliminary information, the ⁠refinery has not been damaged and ​staff ‌have been evacuated," Governor Alexander Moor ⁠wrote on ​Telegram.

Tyumen, more than 2,500 km (1,550 miles)east of the Ukrainian border, is one ⁠of Russia's most important ​oil and gas producing regions.

The Tyumen refinery, one of the country's most modern ⁠and complex, has a nominal capacity of around 8 million metric tons per year. It processes roughly 6 ​million tons of crude ⁠annually, producing about 0.5 million tons ​of gasoline and 2.5 ‌million tons of diesel, ​according to industry estimates.

(Reporting by Reuters. Editing by Mark Potter)

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