Refinery outages in October 2026

Shutdowns, restarts, attacks and fires

• Oct 31, 2026 · Attack

  Novo-Ufa Refinery (Novoil) · Ufa, Russia

  Drones hit Ufa overnight and a large fire broke out at the Bashneft-Novoil refinery. Astra's analysts said the L-35 reformer was burning. No unit stoppage has been reported.

  Sources: Kyiv Post, Oct 31, Ukrainska Pravda via Yahoo News, Oct 31

• Oct 30, 2026 · Attack

  Novokuibyshevsk Refinery · Novokuibyshevsk, Russia

  A drone attack set off a large fire at the refinery. Drone maker Fire Point said a diesel hydrotreater was among the units hit. No unit stoppage has been reported.

  Sources: Euronews, Oct 30, Interfax-Ukraine, Oct 30

• Oct 28, 2026 · Restart

  Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat · Salavat, Russia

  Restart reported after the partial shutdown that began Oct 8, 2026.

  Source: Bloomberg via Al Bilad, Oct 28

• Oct 28, 2026 · Restart

  Kirishi Refinery (KINEF) · Kirishi, Russia

  Restart reported after a full shutdown.

  Source: Bloomberg via Al Bilad, Oct 28

• Oct 28, 2026 · Restart

  Port Arthur Refinery · Premcor · Port Arthur, Texas

  News lead: Valero restarts units at Port Arthur, Texas refinery after outage last week.

  Source: Quantum Commodity Intelligence · Incident record

• Oct 28, 2026 · Restart

  Volgograd Refinery · Volgograd, Russia

  Restart reported after the full shutdown that began Oct 2, 2026.

  Source: Bloomberg via Al Bilad, Oct 28

• Oct 27, 2026 · Fire

  Ras Tanura Refinery · Saudi Arabia

  A fire near the Ras Tanura oil export terminal was contained after an attack in the region. The extent of damage was not clear.

  Source: Bloomberg via The Edge Malaysia, Oct 27

• Oct 25, 2026 · Fire

  Cartagena Refinery · Cartagena, Spain

  Flames appeared in a unit that was being started up. Repsol said it was under control and no one was hurt.

  Source: Cadena SER, Oct 25

• Oct 23, 2026 · Unplanned outage

  Joliet Refinery · Joliet, Illinois

  News lead: Michigan Gasoline Rises 17 Cents; ExxonMobil Joliet Reformer Goes Offline.

  Source: TokenPost · Incident record

• Oct 22, 2026 · Unplanned outage

  Joliet Refinery · Joliet, Illinois

  News lead: ExxonMobil (XOM) Joliet Refinery Shutdown Pushes Chicago Gasoline Prices Higher.

  Source: GuruFocus · Incident record

• Oct 21, 2026 · Fire

  Baiji Refinery complex (Salahuddin/North/Al-Samoud) · Iraq

  A fire broke out in part of the refining unit. Civil defense and plant firefighters put it out.

  Source: 964 Media, Oct 21

• Oct 17, 2026 · Partial shutdown

  Ryazan Refinery · Ryazan, Russia

  One of four crude distillation units (CDU-6) suspended after the Oct 15 drone attack; the other three still running.

  Source: Reuters via Kyiv Independent, Oct 17

• Oct 15, 2026 · Flaring

  Richmond Refinery · Richmond, California

  News lead: Chevron refinery in Richmond issues alert on flaring activity.

  Source: NBC Bay Area · Incident record

• Oct 15, 2026 · Attack

  Ryazan Refinery · Ryazan, Russia

  A drone attack caused a fire at the refinery, the regional governor said.

  Source: Reuters, Oct 15

• Oct 15, 2026 · Partial shutdown

  Ryazan Refinery · Ryazan, Russia

  160,658 b/d offline.

  Source: bne IntelliNews, citing Reuters