Paraguana Refining Center

A 955,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Punto Fijo, VE, operated by PDVSA. Nelson Complexity 4.

Record

Rated capacity

955,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)

Nelson Complexity Index

4

Status

Operating

Operator

PDVSA

Parent

Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.

Supplier graph

bomforge.com/companies/pdvsa-punto

Coordinates

11.7400, -70.2200

Notes

Reuters report from Feb 19, 2026 explicitly states Venezuela's refineries are operating at 35% of capacity. This directly contradicts the database record of 0% utilization. The facility is damaged but partially operational, not completely non-functional.

What coverage reports

— no disruption on the record

0 reported in 12 months

2024-092026-08

stories filed per month · red = a disruption

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

1. 29 Jul 2026 General Low
   Paraguana Refining Center: From Symbol of Wealth to Economic Challenge

   The Paraguana Refining Center in Venezuela operated far below its potential due to years of underinvestment, neglect, seismic damages, and a lack of maintenance.

   Devdiscourse · matched paraguana, center
2. 14 Mar 2024 General Low
   Power blackout hits Venezuela's Paraguana refining center, sources say
   reuters.com · matched paraguana, center

Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.