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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world
  • Oil and gas facilities in Russia have caught fire in recent weeks following suspected drone attacks.
  • In the latest attack, an oil refinery in the southwestern Volgograd region was ablaze on Saturday.
  • Russia's air-defense systems have proven to be less effective against small drones.
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[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 41 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nitpick, but a storage tank isn't the best target.

IRC it's the distillation tower. Those can take months to get running again, especially now that Russia is under sanctions and can't easily source some specialised parts.

A storage tank is relatively easy to manufacture and replace.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

It can get very nasty. Russians had to use water to extinguish the fire in one of those gas ports, it's freezing there and freezing water, well, expands. Which means that any pipe that wasn't burst by the explosion or bent by the fire is now bent by ice an the whole thing is leaking left and right. From what I understand practically a complete loss, they will have to build it from scratch.

[-] overzeetop@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

That puts a smile on my face.

[-] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

This person petroleums.

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