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Fire Halts Operations at Venezuela’s 310,000-Barrel Cardón Refinery

The refinery is part of the 955,000-barrel-per-day Paraguana Refining Center. Emergency teams remained deployed to control the fire and determine its cause.

Smoke rises above refinery structures as emergency vehicles gather / TokenPost.ai
Smoke rises above refinery structures as emergency vehicles gather / TokenPost.ai

A fire halted operations Oct. 6 at Venezuela’s second-largest refinery, Cardón, disrupting a facility with capacity of 310,000 barrels per day within the 955,000-barrel-per-day Paraguana Refining Center.

State-owned PDVSA operates Cardón, which is part of Venezuela’s largest refining center.

Emergency teams remained deployed at the complex to control the fire and determine its cause.

John Kim

John Kim reports on the digital-asset business for TokenPost. Send corrections or tips to info@tokenpost.com.

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