Venezuela Amuay refinery ups output, restarts distillation unit
7/4/2016 2:28:12 PM
(Reuters) Venezuela's 645 Mbpd Amuay refinery has restarted a distillation unit and is now processing 350 Mbpd compared with 160 Mbpd before, a union leader and a refinery worker said on Friday.
A refinery worker who asked not to be identified said Amuay's 180 Mbpd distillation unit No. 5 was producing at 140 Mbpd.
The refinery's cat cracker is operating at around 70 Mbpd, said union leader and government critic Ivan Freites. The refinery's flexicoker unit remains shuttered but is expected to be operational again within 20 days, he said.
Reporting by Mircely Guanipa; writing by Brian Ellsworth; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
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