Venezuela's largest refinery, the 645,000 b/d Amuay, resumed operations on Friday after a blackout and is processing about 140,000 b/d; its FCC has also restarted. Last week's earthquakes knocked out power at several Venezuelan refineries. The 146,000 b/d El Palito has had power restored, but staff have not yet restarted production units.

2026-07-03

Venezuela's largest refinery, the 645,000 b/d Amuay, resumed operations on Friday after a blackout and is processing about 140,000 b/d; its FCC has also restarted. Last week's earthquakes knocked out power at several Venezuelan refineries. The 146,000 b/d El Palito has had power restored, but staff have not yet restarted production units.