Venezuela restarts Amuay refinery's FCC after El Palito halts unit
Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has restarted the fluid catalytic cracker unit (FCCU) at the country's largest refinery, the 645,000-bpd Amuay, two sources close to operations said on Monday, expanding its capacity to produce motor fuels.
Amuay's FCCU had been out of service since late March due to damage caused by a power blackout. Its restart follows planned maintenance work at a similar fuel-making unit at the smaller El Palito refinery, which had resumed work this month after being inactive for 11 months.
As of Monday, Amuay's FCC was producing some 38,000 bpd, one of the sources said.
The twin Amuay and Cardon refineries, which are part of the Paraguana Refining Center in Venezuela's Western region, were operating at 25% of their joint 955,000-bpd capacity.
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