Система NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) зафіксувала теплову аномалію, яка може свідчити про пожежу на нафтоперекачувальній станції «Самара» у Росії. — Укрінформ.
The picture of FIRMS, taken on Monday, November 2, shows a relatively fresh thermal anomaly – which probably indicates fires – at the Samara oil pumping station.
The Atyrau-Samara pipeline, which runs to the Russian Volga region, is one of the main export routes for crude oil from Kazakhstan. In the first nine months of this year, it shipped 7.57 million tons of oil through this pipeline, which is equivalent to just over 200,000 barrels per day.
The Samara station is one of the main nodes of the Russian oil pipeline network with a capacity of more than 1.6 million cubic meters. Supplies from Western Siberia and Kazakhstan pass through it.
The Russian oil pipeline operator Transneft, which owns thefacility, did not respond to Bloomberg's requests for comment.
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Meanwhile, Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry said the country had temporarily suspended oil supplies to Russia via the Atyrau-Samara pipeline after a drone strike on Monday morning.
In response to a Bloomberg question sent by email, the Kazakh Energy Ministry noted that last night there was an attack on pipeline facilities in the Samara region.
"It is expected that the supply of oil by this route will resume in the near future," the report said.