The effort by state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the state-owned National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) to boost fuel output at the Paraguana Refining Center marks a step toward ending Venezuela’s reliance on U.S. refinery technology, the sources said.
What happened at Venezuela’s largest oil refining center?
Written by Deisy Buitrago and Mircely Guanipa for Reuters -> CARACAS, March 15 (Reuters) – Power was re-established at Venezuela’s largest oil refining center, the 955,000-barrel-per-day Paraguana Refinery Complex, following a blackout that left the facility’s twin refineries out of service earlier this week, workers said on Friday.
What is Paraguana Refinery Complex?
The Paraguaná Refinery Complex (Spanish: Centro de Refinación de Paraguaná) is a crude oil refinery complex in Venezuela. It is considered the world’s second largest refinery complex, just after Jamnagar Refinery (India). The Paraguaná Refinery Complex was created by the fusion of Amuay Refinery, Bajo Grande Refinery and Cardón Refinery.
What is the largest refinery in Venezuela?
The Amuay refinery is the largest refinery in Venezuela with an installed capacity of 645,000bpd. The processing facilities at the refinery include five primary distillation units, a 100,000bpd catalytic cracking unit, a flexicoking unit, and a delayed coking unit. The Cardon and Amuay refineries are connected by multiple pipelines.
Which oil refinery is located in Paraguana Peninsula?
Oil refinery facility Paraguana peninsula, Falcon state, Venezuela 971,000bpd Cardon refinery:1947, Amuay refinery:1950, Bajo Grande refinery:1956
Where are PDVSA refineries located?
The Cardon and the Amuay refineries are located near Punto Fijo in the Paraguana peninsula, in the Falcon state in north-west Venezuela, while the Bajo Grande refinery is situated in the western coast of Lake Maracaibo in the Zuila state, Venezuela. PDVSA was founded with the nationalisation of Venezuela’s oil industry in 1976.