Russian refineries processed 24.156 million mt of crude in October, up 2.9% year on year and up 2.7% from September as refinery maintenance draws to a close, according to energy ministry data published Wednesday. Plants at the Ufa and Samara refining hubs along with Saratov, Angarsk, Omsk, Moscow, Ryazan, Kirishi, Taif and Salavat were scheduled to carry out turnarounds over September and October. Of those, Taif, Omsk, Salavat, Ryazan, Kirishi and Angarsk completed work during October. Moscow and Saratov, as well as some of the Ufa refineries were still carrying out work this month. Gasoline production in October was 3.371 million mt, up 11.8% year on year and up 3.3% month on month, again due to refinery work. Russia’s gasoline production has been gradually increasing as refineries are upgrading and launching new gasoline production units. New FCC units are also in the plans for Lukoil’s Perm and […]