HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 23.May.2022, Words: 144) — Energy briefs including Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro warning citizens of the OPEC country to be on “maximum alert” in […]
Tag: CRP
Venezuela’s Maduro accuses US president Donald Trump of backing attacks on CRP
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2021, Words: 169) — Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro reiterated earlier claims that US President Donald Trump ordered the sabotage of the OPEC country’s […]
60 Vehicles Dispatched To Paraguana Refining Complex
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Nov.2020) — Venezuela’s state oil company PetrĂłleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) dispatched 60 vehicles to the Paraguaná Refining Center (CRP by its Spanish acronym), located in the state […]
Venezuela Briefs: Amuay Explosion; Cardon Gasoline
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Oct.2020) — Refinery briefs from Venezuela on another explosion at PetrĂłleos de Venezuela’s Amuay refinery and the restart of gasoline production at its Cardon refinery. Both refineries […]
PDVSA’s Cardon Refinery Halts Operations
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Oct.2020) — PetrĂłleos de Venezuela’s Cardon refinery in Punto Fijo has once again halted operations. The stoppage impacts the recently restarted production of gasoline. “Refinery conditions are […]
Partial Reactivation of PDVSA’s Amuay Refinery
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Oct.2020) — Venezuela’s Amuay refinery is processing around 160,000 barrels per day (b/d) after reactivation of two plants, according to an oil union official with the Unitary […]
PdV Pins Gasoline Hopes On CRP Complex
(Argus, 6.Oct.2020) — Venezuelan state-owned PdV is focusing on repairs to its 940,000 b/d CRP refining complex to address a severe gasoline shortage that has been temporarily alleviated by Iranian […]
Venezuela Captures Suspected US Spy Near CRP
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Sep.2020) — Venezuela captured an alleged American spy near its Amuay refinery located in FalcĂłn state. “We have captured an American in FalcĂłn, spying on the Amuay […]
PDVSA Takes Another Stab At Replenishing Gasoline
(Argus, 12.Aug.2020) — Venezuelan state-owned PdV plans to restart gasoline production in 10-15 days at its 940,000 b/d CRP refining complex after restarting two crude distillation units yesterday, according to […]
PdV Receives Diesel Cargo, Patches Gasoline Unit
(Argus, 8.Jul.2020) — PdV received a cargo of ultra-low sulfur diesel today at its Amuay terminal, close to where the Venezuelan state-owned company is running into more snags at its […]
Iran’s Oil Supply To Venezuela Eases Glut
(Argus, 19.May.2020) — Iran’s gasoline shipments to Venezuela are helping to ease a supply glut at home, where demand has collapsed because of strict measures to check the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
El Palito Restart Sputters, Imports On Horizon
(Argus, 15.Apr.2020) — Venezuelan state-owned PdV’s failed effort to restart its 140,000 b/d El Palito refinery is aggravating a fuel deficit that is sparking sporadic protests by frustrated drivers even […]
Storage Constraints Prompt PdV To Consider Oil Pits
(Argus, 28.Feb.2020) — Venezuela’s PdV has exhausted its storage capacity and is now considering digging open-air pits to hold swelling stocks that US sanctions are keeping off the export market, […]
PDVSA refineries Amuay and Cardon shuttered
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By S&P Global Platts, 27.Jan.2020, Words: 249) — PDVSA has shut down its last two operating refineries in Venezuela, closing its Amuay and Cardon facilities at the Paraguana […]
Venezuela’s CRP Shuts Down After Blackout
(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 8.Jul.2019) — Venezuela’s refining complex CRP has been shut down after a blackout that occurred on Sunday, Argus Media reports, citing union officials from the complex as […]
PDVSA to Restart CRP Refining by 10 Jul. 2019
(Argus, 8.Jul.2019) — Venezuela´s state-owned PdV plans to restart crude processing at the 940,000 b/d CRP refining complex by 10 July after electricity supply was restored on the Paraguana peninsula, […]
PDVSA Distillation Units At CardĂłn Refinery Halted
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Oct.2018) — Four distillations units at PDVSA’s CardĂłn refinery, located in FalcĂłn state, are said halted due to a lack of oil and power failures, […]
PDVSA Ex-President Luis Giusti Says Co. Bankrupt
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 14.May.2018) – Venezuela’s state oil company PetrĂłleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) is bankrupt, at least that what its former president Luis Giusti thinks. “If you […]
Q&A with PDVSA Refining Director Jesus Luongo
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 9.Sep.2013) – PDVSA Refining Director Jesus Luongo spoke briefly with Energy Analytics Institute on the sideline of a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela. What follows […]
Amuay Explosion in 2012 Cost PDVSA $1.8 Bln
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Aug.2013) – The Energy Orientation Center (COENER) announced the Amuay refinery explosion will cost PDVSA $1.8 billion. The explosion at the Amuay refinery was caused […]
Speech by Rafael Ramirez from Puerto Ordaz
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2013) – PDVSA’s and Venezuela’s Oil Minister President Rafael Ramirez spoke at the closing of the Sixth National Production Meetings in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. What […]
Paraguana Refining Center Running at 717 Mb/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Jul.2013) – With the five distillation plants at Amuay Refinery operating, average processing levels at the Paraguana Refining Center (CRP) were 717,000 b/d in June […]
Paraguaná Wind Farm In Venezuela Operational In 2011
(EVWind, 14.Apr.2010) — Paraguana peninsula in Falcon state, located in the northwestern region, about 453 kilometers from the city of Caracas, is the first place in the country where they […]