Venezuela’s largest refining complex, the 955,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Paraguana Refining Center, was working at about 10% of capacity on Monday after two crude distillation models (CDUs) have been shut resulting from a fireplace and lack of feedstock, in line with 4 sources near operations.
The paralysis at state oil firm PDVSA’s complex is slicing down the OPEC nation’s refining operations in a important second, when shortage of gasoline and diesel are affecting some areas, triggering lengthy traces of drivers in entrance of stations.
The Cardon and Amuay refineries combine the Paraguana Refining Center at Venezuela’s Western area, among the many world’s largest however that has been working at a fraction of capacity within the final decade resulting from delayed upkeep and lack of repairs.
The complete complex was on Monday processing 94,000 bpd of crude, about 10% of its nameplate capacity, the sources mentioned.
One of Cardon’s 4 CDUs was halted on Saturday following a fireplace that left no injured employees, decreasing the refinery’s crude processing to 1 crude unit running some 30,000 bpd, in line with the sources.
The affected plant was working in “unsafe condition and leaking diesel before the fire,” one of the sources mentioned. Cardon’s gasoline reformer, which produces excessive octane gasoline blendstock, was in service.
At the neighboring Amuay refinery, one of 5 CDUs was halted final week resulting from low crude inventories, in line with a report seen by Reuters. Only one distillation unit stays in service, processing some 64,000 bpd.
Amuay’s most complex models, a flexicoker and a catalytic cracker which are key to gas manufacturing, stay idled.
The paralysis at state oil firm PDVSA’s complex is slicing down the OPEC nation’s refining operations in a important second, when shortage of gasoline and diesel are affecting some areas, triggering lengthy traces of drivers in entrance of stations.
The Cardon and Amuay refineries combine the Paraguana Refining Center at Venezuela’s Western area, among the many world’s largest however that has been working at a fraction of capacity within the final decade resulting from delayed upkeep and lack of repairs.
The complete complex was on Monday processing 94,000 bpd of crude, about 10% of its nameplate capacity, the sources mentioned.
One of Cardon’s 4 CDUs was halted on Saturday following a fireplace that left no injured employees, decreasing the refinery’s crude processing to 1 crude unit running some 30,000 bpd, in line with the sources.
The affected plant was working in “unsafe condition and leaking diesel before the fire,” one of the sources mentioned. Cardon’s gasoline reformer, which produces excessive octane gasoline blendstock, was in service.
At the neighboring Amuay refinery, one of 5 CDUs was halted final week resulting from low crude inventories, in line with a report seen by Reuters. Only one distillation unit stays in service, processing some 64,000 bpd.
Amuay’s most complex models, a flexicoker and a catalytic cracker which are key to gas manufacturing, stay idled.
