MOSCOW, November 4. Primary oil refining in the Russian Federation at the end of 2023 will be approximately 2% more than last year, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov told reporters.
«Oil refining forecast, taking into account restrictions: primary refining will be approximately 2% more than last year,» he said on the sidelines of the exhibition of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation «Energy of Life» as part of the International Exhibition and Forum «Russia» at VDNKh .
Oil refining in Russia at the end of 2022 reached almost 272 million tons, which is 3% lower than in 2021. At the same time, as a result of the modernization of refineries, the depth of oil refining averaged 83.9%, increasing by 0.5 percentage points by 2021, reported Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.