Venezuela’s Amuay refinery remains in restart mode

Full operations have yet to be restored at Petroleos de Venezuela SA’s (PDVSA) 645,000-b/d Amuay refinery in Falcon state following a Nov. 4 electrical outage that shuttered unidentified processing units at the plant (OGJ Online, Nov. 5, 2014).

PDVSA is continuing to safely reboot units and associated service installations at Amuay impacted by the power failure, but it would be 6 days before all units interrupted by the outage achieved normal operating rates, the state-owned company said.

No additional details were disclosed regarding the incident’s impact on Amuay’s production levels, but the company did reiterate it maintains ample fuel inventories to meet domestic demand as well as supply commitments abroad.