Widespread power outage in Venezuela hits some oil operations, sources say

Reuters · 08/30 13:26
Widespread power outage in Venezuela hits some oil operations, sources say

- A power blackout in Venezuela hit some of state oil company PDVSA's operations, including its smallest refinery, the 146,000-barrel-per-day El Palito, and the firm's Caracas headquarters, sources close to operations said on Friday.

PDVSA's largest refining complex, the 955,000-barrel-per-day Paraguana on the country's Western coast, was unaffected by the outage, the sources added.



(Reporting by Mircely Guanipa in Maracay, Deisy Buitrago in Caracas and Marianna Parraga in Houston)

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