(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 11.Aug.2015) – The Paraguana Refining Center (CRP) will initiate a preventive shutdown of the Cardon Refinery’s Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit on August 13, 2015, according to a statement posted to PDVSA’s website.
Mechanical work will be performed on the equipment that is part of the unit in order to ensure the operational reliability of this plant that produces high-octane constituents used in fuel mixtures.
The CRP’s other Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit located at the Amuay Refinery is operating normally after the successful performance of its maintenance and safe start-up.
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