KIEV, Jan. 27 - Russian oil major Lukoil will shut down its Ukrainian oil refinery on Thursday for a 1.5-month scheduled maintenance, the company announced on Wednesday.

This is the second time that Lukoil shuts down its Lukoil-Odessa oil refinery over the past four months. The refinery was out of operation in October 2009 due to a dispute with the Ukrainian oil pipeline authority.