The El Palito refinery has a processing capacity of 146 barrels daily and had only been in operation for less than a week before the fire occurred. After the suspension of operations at El Palito now, Venezuela is left with only the Cardon refinery to produce much-needed gasoline. The Cardon facility has a processing capacity of 300,000 bpd of crude, but gasoline output was 30,000 bpd as of yesterday, according to Reuters. By Charles Kennedy. Full Text-> OilPrice

The plant was shut down in late October due to a problem with one of its valves. It is now producing between 25,000 and 30,000 barrels a day of gasoline, said trade unionist Iván Freites and another person, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Full Text -> Explica

Venezuela’s state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela PDVSA.UL has halted gasoline output at the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit of its 310,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Cardon refinery, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday. By Mircely Guanipa. Full Text -> Nasdaq

PDVSA aims to restart the gasoline-producing unit at its CRP refining complex within two weeks, following the restart of two crude distillation facilities earlier this week, Argus reported on August 13, citing company officials and internal documents it had seen. Venezuela’s 1.3-million-bpd refining capacity is mostly offline, due to the cash crunch at PDVSA and Venezuela, the crumbling industry, and years of lack of investment in maintenance and repairs.By Charles Kennedy. Full Text-> OilPrice