Fire continues at El Palito refinery

On Friday morning, flames flared up in the reformed naphtha storage tank 170x5 at El Palito refinery (north Venezuela).

According to experts, the fire will persist as long as fuel residues are present (Photo: AVN)

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Friday September 21, 2012 12:37 PM

Fire extinguishing operations continued on Friday in the reformed naphtha storage tank 170x5 at El Palito refinery in north central Carabobo state. A dense smoke column rises from the tank.

Flames flared up on Friday morning, but experts assert that this is normal as long as fuel residues remain in the tanks.

On the other hand, the fire registered on Wednesday night in tank 170x6 has already been put out.

Rafael Ramírez, the President of state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) and Minister of Petroleum and Mining, informed that the processing units of El Palito refinery were not damaged by the electrical storm on Wednesday.

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