Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity revised up by 34% for August

MOSCOW – Russia’s idled major oil refining capability was revised as much as 2.591 million tonnes in August, up 34% from the earlier estimate, sources citing refinery upkeep information and Reuters calculations confirmed on Friday.

The offline major oil refining capability information for July was additionally revised up by 1.6% to three.274 million tonnes. The revisions comply with a number of adjustments to Russian oil refinery upkeep schedules.