Incident Report

Subject:           Russia - Nizhnekamsk Refinery to Halt Gasoline Output After Fire

Date of Email report:   Wed 05/03/2014

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Repairing damage caused by a fire at the gasoline production unit of the Nizhnekamsk refinery (Europe’s Largest Refinery )will likely take at least two months and probably stop production, Russia's Emergency Ministry and an industry source said on Tuesday.  The Emergency Ministry for the Russian region of Tatarstan said on its website that a fire broke out on Monday at one of the units at the refinery, part of Russian mid-sized oil producer Tatneft.

The fire caused no injuries and was put out the same evening, it said.  An industry source said diesel production was unaffected.  The refinery refined 8.26 million tonnes of oil and produced 579,100 tonnes of gasoline and 2.05 million tonnes of diesel last year, according to the Energy Ministry.  Gasoline from the refinery is consumed domestically.  Production of naphtha, exports of which reached around 1.77 million tonnes last year, was unaffected, the industry source said

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