Jose Refinery (El Palito)
A 140,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in El Palito, VE, operated by PDVSA. Nelson Complexity 3.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 140,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 3
- Status
- Damaged
- Operator
- PDVSA
- Parent
- Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/pdvsa-el
- Coordinates
- 10.4700, -68.1900
What coverage reports
Power Outage Affects PDVSA’s El Palito Refinery
2025-11-26 · 1 publisher filed it
operations 1
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
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Maintenance HighPDVSA to start El Palito refinery overhaul earlier after outageQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched palito
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General MediumResurgence at El Palito: Venezuela’s Smallest Refinery Restarts
Venezuela's El Palito refinery resumed operations of its fluid catalytic cracker following temporary disruptions caused by recent earthquakes.
Devdiscourse · matched palito -
General LowVenezuela's El Palito Refinery Back in Action
Venezuela's El Palito refinery restarted its fluid catalytic cracker after two earthquakes in late June forced the facility offline.
Devdiscourse · matched palito -
General LowCan Venezuela Solve Africa’s Refining Crisis? Lessons from Paraguaná and El PalitoAfrican Energy Chamber · matched palito
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Operations HighPower Outage Affects PDVSA’s El Palito RefineryIndustrial Info Resources · matched palito
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Incident HighOil spill in Venezuela: The El Palito refinery is once again to blameenergynews.pro · matched palito
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General MediumVenezuela’s PDVSA restarts operations at El Palito unitoffshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched palito
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General LowVenezuela's PDVSA resumes operations at El Palito refinery unit, sources sayReuters · matched palito
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General LowIran starts crude oil refining at El Palito refinery in Venezuelaoffshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched palito
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General LowSabotage Attempt at Venezuela’s El Palito Refinery AvertedOrinoco Tribune · matched palito
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Maintenance LowIran to overhaul Venezuela’s El Palito refinery: OfficialMehr News Agency + 1 other outlet · matched palito
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Incident HighPDVSA Guarantees Gas Supply Despite Fire at El Palito RefineryOrinoco Tribune · matched palito
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General LowIranian fuel tanker has moored at Venezuela’s El Palito refinery -TVarabnews.pk + 1 other outlet · matched palito
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Maintenance MediumPDVSA wraps turnaround at El Palito refineryOil & Gas Journal · matched palito
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Incident HighCrews extinguish fire at Venezuela's El Palito refineryReuters · matched palito
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