Tuapse Refinery
The Tuapse Refinery is an oil refinery in the Russian city of Tuapse. It has belonged to the Russian state-owned company Rosneft since 1992.
History
In 1929, construction of the refinery finished and it began operation. Much of the oil originated in Soviet Chechnya at the time.In 1992, Russian president Boris Yeltsin decreed that the refinery would belong to the state-owned Rosneft.
In October 2013, a new unit at the refinery began service to expand the production capacity. In 2014, six new hydrocracking units were introduced, and the products would fulfill European emission standards. A similar unit was introduced in February 2015, which produces diesel fuel based on European standards.
File:NASA FIRMS 2025-03-14 Tuapse.png|thumb|The Tuapse Refinery fire was detected by NASA's Fire Information for [Resource Management System|FIRMS] on March 14, 2025 at 00:37
During the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Ukrainian military conducted numerous Attacks in Russia during the [Russian invasion of Ukraine|attacks on Russian targets], especially oil refineries. The Tuapse refinery was struck on January 25, 2024, and again on May 17. The refinery had to cease operations after the January 2024 attack. On March 14, 2025 the refinery was again struck by Ukrainian drones, causing a reportedly 1,000 square meter fire detected by NASA's FIRMS. On 2 November 2025 the Tuapse oil terminal that serves the refinery was attacked by drones and caught fire.