Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Science › Major Russian Oil Hub on Fire After Strike, NASA Data Show
Science

Major Russian Oil Hub on Fire After Strike, NASA Data Show

Bloomberg Technology Monday 02 November 2026, 08:19 UTC By Bloomberg News 1 min read
Key Points

Energy Major Russian Oil Hub on Fire After Strike, NASA Data Show A major Russian crude-pumping station and storage site in the Volga region could be on fire, according to NASA satellite imagery, as Ukraine resumed strikes against Moscow’s oil assets. An image from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System taken on Monday shows a relatively fresh heat anomaly — potentially indicating fires — at the Samara station several miles from the city with the same name. Samara is about...

Energy Major Russian Oil Hub on Fire After Strike, NASA Data Show A major Russian crude-pumping station and storage site in the Volga region could be on fire, according to NASA satellite imagery, as Ukraine resumed strikes against Moscow’s oil assets. An image from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System taken on Monday shows a relatively fresh heat anomaly — potentially indicating fires — at the Samara station several miles from the city with the same name. Samara is about 860 kilometers (530 miles) southeast of Moscow.
Russian (ORG) NASA (ORG) Volga (ORG) Ukraine (LOCATION) Moscow (LOCATION) Fire Information for Resource Management System (ORG) Samara (LOCATION)
Originally published by Bloomberg Technology Read original →

Related Stories

Dead Howling review – werewolf hunts zombies in tough-love apocalypse horror

Every bog-standard cliche is employed – and fails – in this moribund Aussie thiller, which entirely lacks both bite and barkWhen talk here turns to what would happen if the film’s werewolf hero were bitten by a zombie, the term coined is “wombie”. Sadly, this inter-species thought-experiment never comes to pass in this otherwise lifeless and crushingly derivative Aussie post-apocalyptic slog, the only point of note in which is a very brief cameo from Mr Once Were Warriors and Jango Fett...

The Guardian UK 58m ago

The scientific truth about collagen supplements

While I was writing my forthcoming book on the science of the skin, the number one thing that friends asked me to look into was collagen supplements. Do they really reduce wrinkles as promised? As a 40-year-old with increasingly crinkly skin, I wanted to know the answer to this, too, so I spent a long time poring over the evidence and interviewing skin scientists and doctors.

New Scientist 59m ago

RFK Jr is wrong about the Arab world

RFK Jr is wrong about the Arab world The challenges in knowledge production in Arab societies cannot be blamed on some kind of innate incompetence or a single political group. At a recent campaign rally in Michigan, United States Secretary of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr made remarks that have caused much controversy. He alleged that Muslim Arabs do not produce science and literature and do not win major awards because of the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Al Jazeera 2h ago

Gold price prediction: What's the outlook for gold rates for this week?

Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are likely to continue trading sideways with a downward bias, says Manav Modi, Senior Analyst, Commodity Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. Let’s take a look at his detailed analysis:Gold enters week near Rs 138,500 after extending its October correction, with the hourly structure continuing to reflect a clear sequence of lower highs and lower lows.

Times of India 3h ago