Venezuela restarts Cardon refinery unit after four months offline
8/16/2016 11:18:42 AM
(Reuters) Venezuela has restarted the catalytic cracker at its Cardon refinery after completing a four-month maintenance program, adding 70 Mbpd to the OPEC nation's oil output, a union official told Reuters.
The Cardon refinery has a total output potential of 180 Mbpd, but is not producing at capacity because its alkylation unit is still paralyzed, union leader Ivan Freites told Reuters, citing a report from state oil company PDVSA.
Separately, Freites said the country's largest refinery, Amuay, was producing at 51% of its 645 Mbpd capacity.
Reporting by Mircely Guanipa; Editing by Sandra Maler
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