Venezuela restarts refinery after blast
Venezuela restarts refinery after blast
By AFP
September 01, 2012 - Updated 1053 PKT
CARACAS: Workers resumed operations at Venezuela's biggest refinery on Friday, a week after an explosion that killed 42 people, state oil company PDVSA said.
"Operational activities have resumed safely and gradually," said Jesus Luongo, a PDVSA director who heads the Paraguana refining complex, noting that two production units were now running with a combined capacity of 160,000 barrels per day.
Firefighters struggled for days to put out the blaze triggered by a gas leak at the Amuay refinery, which produces 645,000 barrels per day at normal capacity.
At least 20 members of a national guard unit assigned to protect the facility were killed, along with some members of their families.
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