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

By John Kim

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Published: 2026-10-07T02:32:22.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-07T02:32:22.000Z
Section: Business

> 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.

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.