NewzVille Desk
A power outage on 28 June forced the shutdown of Venezuela’s largest refinery ‘Amuay’, following two deadly earthquakes in the country.
Amuay is the second refinery which halted operations following a power outage caused by the devastating earthquake.
Insufficient water for some power plants and industries in western Falcon State, including the refinery, is also affecting operations.
El Palito refinery and the neighboring Moron Petrochemical Complex in the country’s central region have already been unable to fully restart operations amid the unstable power supply.
The South American nation has been struggling to provide power to industrial plants, refineries, businesses and citizens following the earthquakes.
The quakes did not affect the country’s crude output levels or exports, but domestic output of fuel and petrochemicals might not be enough to meet demands, once people go back to work after the quakes, if refineries and related facilities cannot sustain operations.
