Explosions Rock Oil Refineries in Hungary and Romania

The English​ section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency ⁤and APA AZ, reported explosions at oil refineries ⁣in Hungary and Romania.

Investigations are ongoing in ‌both cases, with many causes still unknown.

The first explosion occured around 11:30 a.m. local time on Monday at the PetroTel-lukoil refinery in Ploiești, Romania.

Media reports indicate the blast happened within the industrial sewage system, where a sewage well​ cover was ejected ⁢outward during maintenance operations.

The PetroTel-Lukoil facility is one of RomaniaS largest oil processing plants and is owned by the Russian company Lukoil.

The second​ incident took place Monday evening ⁢at the MOL refinery in Százhalombatta, Hungary. authorities stated that fires had been ⁣contained by Tuesday morning but operations remain suspended while investigations continue. The ⁣exact ⁢cause of this explosion remains unknown at this time.

The Százhalombatta refinery serves as a ⁣key ‍hub for fuel distribution throughout Hungary ⁢and central Europe, processing crude oil ‍delivered via⁢ the Druzhba​ pipeline from Russia.