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                         The Cardon refinery is a part of the Paraguana   Amuay and Cardon plants are in the west.
                         refinery complex, which has a combined capac-  PdVSA’s refineries have a joint installed
                         ity of 955,000 bpd.                  capacity of about 1.3mn bpd. However, they
                           According to Reuters, the incident has not   have been operating far below full capacity in
                         brought PdVSA’s gasoline production to a com-  recent years, largely owing to US sanctions that
                         plete standstill, as the company’s other down-  discourage foreign investment in the Venezue-
                         stream facilities are still turning out gasoline,   lan oil industry. ™
                         along with its components and blendstocks.
                         The news agency’s sources said that the NOC’s
                         largest stand-alone refinery – the Amuay plant,
                         which has a throughput capacity of 645,000
                         bpd – was processing 60,000 bpd in its catalytic
                         cracker and producing 38,000 bpd of naphtha as
                         of June 29. In turn, they said, other units of the
                         Paraguana complex are using naphtha from the
                         Amuay plant and components from their own
                         inventories to produce 80,000 bpd of gasoline.
                           At the same time, two sources told Reuters
                         separately that PdVSA’s 187,000 bpd Puerto de
                         la Cruz refinery was turning out 18,000 bpd of
                         high-octane gasoline. It was probably not doing
                         so in connection with the other plants, as it is
                         located on Venezuela’s eastern coast, while the   The Cardon refinery is part of the Paraguana complex (Photo: Mercopress)




                                                        GUYANA
       ExxonMobil rep says Gas-to-Energy project




       will help Guyana keep emissions down






                         LIAM Mallon, the president of ExxonMobil   the GTE scheme would give Guyana steady,
                         Upstream Co., a unit of the US-based super-ma-  reliable and adequate access to cleaner sources
                         jor ExxonMobil, has said that the Gas-to-Energy   of fuel for electricity generation and other uses.
                         (GTE) project now underway in Guyana will   “This project will produce half the emissions
                         play a major role in reducing the South Ameri-  that your current alternative for power [does],
                         can state’s greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions.  and it represents a huge shift from heavy fuel oil
                           Speaking at an event in Georgetown hosted   to a cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy
                         by President Irfaan Ali, Mallon explained that   source for the country,” he said.


























                         Rendering of Wales special industrial zone, with Marine Off-loading Facility and gas plant (Image: Gov’t of Guyana)



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