Perm refinery

The Perm refinery (Russian: Пéрмский НПЗ, romanized: Pérmskiy NPZ, IPA: [pʲɪrʲmskʲɪj]) is a Russian oil refinery located south of the city of Perm in Perm Krai. As of 2025, it is one of the largest oil refineries in Russia, maintaining the capacity to process 13.1 million tons of crude oil per year. Currently, the refinery produces over sixty different petroleum products for local and international markets from crude deriving from the West Siberian basin, transported via the Surgut-Polotsk, Kamenny Log-Perm, Severokamsk-Perm and Kungur-Perm pipelines. This includes various grades of gasoline and diesel, as well as aviation fuel, bunker fuel and liquefied petroleum gases. These products are then transported by road, rail or ship on the nearby Kama River, in addition to being exported via the Perm-Andreevka-Ufa pipeline. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, approximately half of the products produced by the refinery were exported to international markets, but this total has since declined. In the first half of 2025, the Perm refinery accounted for 7.3% of all liquefied petroleum gas exports from Russia. Production first started at the Perm refinery in 1958, after which it expanded rapidly to emerge as one of the most efficient refineries in the Soviet Union. Since its privatization in 1993, the Perm Refinery has been owned and operated by a subsidiary of Lukoil, Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez (Russian: Лукойл-Пéрмнéфтéоргсинтéз, lit. 'Lukoil-Perm oil and organic synthesis'). Under Lukoil's ownership, the refinery has received significant financial investment and has received praise and awards for its environmental, labor and safety initiatives. Despite this, two workers were killed, and another hospitalized, after a hydrogen sulfide leak in 2009. There have also been multiple fires at the plant since 2012, although none of these incidents resulted in fatalities.