The second largest refinery in Venezuela, Cardón, restarted its fluidized catalytic cracking after being out of service for more than a year due to a failure and lack of raw material, four sources close to operations said on Tuesday.
The cracking or FCC (for its acronym in English), with the capacity of 88,000 barrels per day (BPD) and key in the production of motors, processed 26,000 BPD on Tuesday, while the similar amuay unit around 38,000 BPD, said one of the sources.
On Tuesday, the Paraguaná Refining Center, which includes the refineries of Amuay and Cardón, was processing about 187,000 BPD, equivalent to 20% of its installed capacity of 955,000 BPD, according to the source.
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-Cardón had 1 crude oil distillation unit, processing about 50,000 BPD, compared to an installed capacity of 310,000 BPD. The Amuay Refinery, the largest in the country, processed 137,000 BPD of crude, in the capacity of 645,000 BPD, the source added.
PDVSA did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
The refining complex is receiving crude oil from the Petropiar and Petromonagas Improvers and the Eastern Coast of the Zulia state, said one of the people.
With Reuters information.
