In Europe, a third oil refinery processing Russian crude has caught fire in the past two days. According to CZNewz.Info, the blaze broke out at the Bratislava refinery, owned by the Hungarian MOL Group, which processes crude supplied via the Druzhba pipeline.
The refinery is operated by Slovnaft Plc and has a capacity of 124,000 barrels per day (6.1 million tons per year), with a significant portion of its output exported to other European countries. Slovnaft was acquired by MOL Group in 2000. According to Kommersant, Slovakia imported 4.2 million tons of Russian oil in 2024, with Russia accounting for 82% of the country’s imports.
The fire in Bratislava is the third recent incident at refineries using Russian crude. The day before, fires occurred at MOL’s largest refinery in Százhalombatta, Hungary, and at a LUKOIL-owned refinery in Ploiești, Romania.
