The Paraguaná Refinery Complex (Spanish: Centro de Refinación de Paraguaná) is a crude oil refinery complex in Venezuela.It is considered the world's third largest refinery complex, just after Jamnagar Refinery (India) and Ulsan Refinery [] (South Korea). The Paraguaná Refinery Complex was created by the fusion of Amuay Refinery, Bajo Grande Refinery and Cardón …

An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha. Petrochemicals feedstock like ethylene and propylene can also be produced directly by cracking crude oil …

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There have been worsening safety problems since 2003, culminating in a gas leak at the Paraguaná Refinery Complex in August 2012 which caused an explosion, killing 48 people and damaging 1600 homes. A lightning strike caused a fire at the El Palito refinery in September 2012. Organization Board of Directors

Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves at an estimated 304 billion barrels (18% of global reserves) as of 2020. The country was one of the world's largest exporters of oil, but the oil industry saw a significant decline since its peak in 2012.. In 2008, crude oil production in Venezuela was the tenth-highest in the world at 2,394,020 barrels per day (380,619 m 3 /d) …

Paraguaná Refinery Complex, considered the second largest and largest capacity in the world. The economy of UNASUR is divided between the mineral extractivism in the Amazon region and the agriculture present in practically all its States. Industrialization is of medium level to high in diverse regions, although very strong the presence of ...

La liste des raffineries de pétrole ci-dessous provient des sites europétrole [1] et Eni [2].Le Oil and Gas Journal publie aussi chaque année une liste des raffineries dans le monde.. L'article présente dans un premier temps les plus importantes raffineries du monde, avant de détailler la liste des raffineries par continent et par pays au début du XXI e siècle.