A failure occurred in the Genevapca plant
Venezuela s Cardón oil refinery, located in the northwestern state of Falcón, came to a full stop, while Amuay oil refinery is partly operational
Emergency procedures were implemented (Photo: Sailú Urribarrí)
Oil & Energy
A power failure, presumably in the Genevapca power plant, caused a power outage in the Paraguaná Refining Complex located in the state of Falcón, northwestern Venezuela.
A source of state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) told Reuters that 310,000 bpd Cardón oil refinery was completely out of service, while some units of the 645,000 bpd Amuay oil refinery were also shut down due to the power failure.
Genevapca is a power plant aimed at providing power supply to Pdvsa facilities in the city of Punto Fijo, Falcón state. However, before the commissioning of the Josefa Camejo thermal power plant, Genevapca supplied energy to the National Interconnected System (SIN).
Oil workers said that the power failure led to the activation of emergency procedures in the plants. Pdvsa staff was evacuated from the area.
http://english.eluniversal.com/2011/05/12/power-outage-hits-paraguana-refining-complex.shtml
