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Native name | Кременчуцький нафтопереробний завод |
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| Type | Business |
| Industry | Oil Refinery |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | Poltava Oblast, Kremenchuk, street Svishtovska, 3 , |
| Owner | Ukrtatnafta |
Number of employees | more than 4,300 |
Kremenchuk Oil Refinery is the largest [1] enterprise for the production of petroleum products in Ukraine. [2] It is located in Kremenchuk, [3] Poltava Oblast. [2] Since 1994 it has been the main branch of PJSC Ukrtatnafta. [4]
On April 3, 2022, Dmytro Lunin, the governor of the Kremenchuk announced that the oil refinery has been "completely destroyed" after a Russian attack. [5] In May, the Russians launched at the destroyed refinery four missiles. [6] Yuriy Vitrenko, the CEO of Naftogaz, said at a June 21 “All oil refining in Ukraine is now shut down due to massive repeated attacks" by the Russians. [7]
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