Venezuela's Cardon Refinery Resumes Key Gasoline Production

The Cardon refinery in Venezuela, with a capacity of 310,000 barrels per day, has restarted its naphtha reformer crucial for gasoline production after a nearly three-week halt. Currently, two of the four crude distillation units are operational, boosting the refinery's output post-maintenance and a significant blackout.

Venezuela's second largest refinery, the 310,000-barrel-per-day Cardon, has restarted its naphtha reformer. This unit is crucial for gasoline production and had been halted for nearly three weeks, according to three sources familiar with the operation.

As of Tuesday, two of Cardon's four crude distillation units were back in service. This brings the refinery's total crude processing to about 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) following planned maintenance and a significant blackout last month, the sources indicated.

The Paraguana Refining Center, which includes both the Cardon and Amuay refineries on Venezuela's western coast, processed approximately 238,000 bpd of crude this week, according to the same sources.

(With inputs from agencies.)