Power outages Venezuela's biggest refinery: fuel shortages worry

The Amuai Refineryis huge Venezuela and one of the world's largest in capacity 645,000 barrels per day (bpd)For one reason it was almost completely inactive for five days Power failure.

The Power outages continues to affect Venezuela refineriesInvestments are delayed for years and sometimes stopped Crude oil processing and the Fuel delivery in the country.

He power outage Departed on Thursday Catalytic Decomposition Plant (DCAY) of Amuai RefineryResponsible for converting hydrocarbons Catalytic naphtha For gasoline blends, in addition to production filters, olefins And Fuel gas.

“Yes, the refinery is shut down. It is a leakage, a power failure Amuai“said a plant employee.

The defeat affected both of them Filters According to sources, they are responsible for processing crude oil, though they are already in the restart phase. It is estimated that facilities It may take a few days for them to function again.

PDVSA, the Venezuelan state company that owns Amuay, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

At the nearby Gordon refinery, which has a processing capacity of 310,000 barrels per day (bpd), reforming, a critical unit for gasoline production, is out of service, affecting fuel inventories.

Amuai And Gordon Creates a huge refinery complex PDVSAKnown as Paraguana RefineryLocated in the northeast of Venezuela, total capacity 955,000 barrels per day (bpd).

(With information from Reuters)