Kernel Agricultural Holding Halts All Oil Extraction Plants Due to Shelling
Ukraine's largest sunflower oil producer Kernel has suspended operations at all eight of its oil extraction plants following massive attacks on the food industry.
🛒Ціни та тарифиPhoto: Інтерфакс-Україна: економіка
Key points
- Kernel halts all eight oil extraction plants
- Production equipment and buildings damaged by drone strikes
- Procurement of sunflower seeds temporarily suspended
- Company continues shipping existing warehouse stocks
Kernel, a leading Ukrainian agricultural producer and sunflower oil exporter, has decided to completely halt technological processes at all of its oil extraction facilities. The move comes in response to massive targeted drone strikes against the country's food processing infrastructure.
According to the company's press service, recent attacks caused damage to production buildings, equipment, and storage tanks. Because oil extraction involves a continuous and high-fire-risk technological cycle, safety protocols were immediately implemented to protect personnel.
Along with closing the plants, Kernel has temporarily frozen the procurement of sunflower seeds from farmers. However, the company emphasized that it maintains operational and financial stability, continuing to ship existing product stocks from warehouses and fully honoring obligations to partners.
Kernel owns eight oil extraction plants with a total processing capacity of 3.5 million tonnes of sunflower seeds per year. The facilities are located across several regions of Ukraine, including Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad regions.
Source Інтерфакс-Україна: економіка — interfax.com.ua/news/economic/1235732.html ↗
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