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Renewed operations in El Palito oil refinery
EL Universal
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 09 29 06
El Palito refinery, located in northern-central Carabobo state, started again at full speed Thursday after a three-day stoppage due to an electrical failure, state-run oil holding Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) reported.The standstill did not disturb fuel supply, as stocks were enough for 25 days, Pdvsa added, as quoted by AFP.
The catalytic cracking unit, where components for fuel are manufactured, started again on Thursday, as the final step to complete the operations. El Palito refinery had stopped some of its facilities last Monday because of interconnection troubles in the electrical grid.
That same Monday, two boilers and one turbo-generator restarted operations.
El Palito refinery processes 130,000 bpd in average both for export and domestic consumption in western states.
El Universal 28 09 06
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