The Cardon refinery’s naphtha reformer, which produces high-octane components for gasoline, is key for fuel production in the OPEC-member nation. The unit will be out of service while in maintenance, planned to last 18-21 days, the sources said. “This is an unplanned maintenance program for repairs in the refomer’s reactors,” one of the people said. The 310,000-bpd Cardon refinery is part of the 955,000-bpd Paraguana Refining Center on Venezuela’s Western coast. Full Text -> Financial Post

Traducción de cotrtesía -> El reformador de gasolina de la refinería Cardón, que produce componentes de alto octanaje para gasolina, es clave para la producción de combustible en la nación miembro de la OPEP. La unidad estará fuera de servicio mientras esté en mantenimiento, que está previsto que dure entre 18 y 21 días, dijeron las fuentes. “Este es un programa de mantenimiento no planificado para reparaciones en los reactores del reformador”, dijo una de las personas. La refinería Cardón de 310.000 bpd es parte del Centro de Refinación Paraguaná de 955.000 bpd en la costa occidental de Venezuela.

At the 305,000 b/d Cardon refinery, PdV is currently producing about 20,000 b/d of gasoline after resuming operations at an 86,000 b/d fluid catalytic cracker over the weekend. But the gasoline is only 83-octane, well short of Venezuela’s official 91 and 95-octane grades. Full Text-> ArgusMedia

Venezuela’s capacity to produce some much-needed gasoline and diesel of its own hinges on a single oil play. To tap it, the Nicolas Maduro regime is willing to cannibalize the country’s crumbling energy infrastructure to pay contractors with scrap metal. By Fabiola Zerpa and Peter Millard. Full Text -> Yahoo!Finance