Cardón Refinery

A 305,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Venezuela, VE, operated by PDVSA.

Record

Rated capacity

305,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)

Status

Operating

Operator

PDVSA

Parent

Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.

Supplier graph

bomforge.com/companies/pdvsa-venezuela

Coordinates

11.6300, -70.2200

Wire, last 30 days

The stories filed under this plant in the last 30 days, newest first. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.

1. 14 Oct 2026 Incident High
   PDVSA restarts 300kbpd Cardon refinery after fire
   Quantum Commodity Intelligence
2. 12 Oct 2026 Incident Critical
   Venezuela Cardón refinery shuts after fire caused by natural gas line rupture
   HazardEx
3. 8 Oct 2026 Incident High
   Venezuela: Cardón Refinery Fire Contained, Gas Line Rupture Under Investigation

   Emergency crews contained a fire at PDVSA's Cardón refinery in Falcón state, Venezuela, after a natural-gas line ruptured on October 6.

   Orinoco Tribune
4. 8 Oct 2026 Incident Critical
   A pipeline fire occurred at Cardon, Venezuela's second largest refinery, forcing an emergency shutdown of 310,000 barrels per day of production capacity.
   ChemNet News
5. 7 Oct 2026 Incident High
   Venezuela's Cardon refinery resuming crude distillation after fire, workers say
   www.marketscreener.com + 1 other outlet
6. 7 Oct 2026 Incident Critical
   Venezuela's 300kbpd Cardon refinery hit by blast, ops suspended
   Quantum Commodity Intelligence
7. 7 Oct 2026 Incident High
   Fire Rips Through Venezuela's Cardon Refinery, Alarms Residents
   Menafn
8. 7 Oct 2026 Incident High
   Fire Erupts at Venezuela’s Cardon Refinery as Crews Contain Blaze
   Menafn
9. 7 Oct 2026 General Low
   Gas Line Rupture Idles Venezuela’s Cardón Refinery

   A natural gas line fire shut down PDVSA's Cardón refinery in Venezuela on Tuesday after a pipe supplying the plant’s boilers split open.

   the deep dive
10. 7 Oct 2026 Incident High
    Fire reported at Venezuela’s Cardon refinery; blaze brought under control

    A fire broke out in the lubricants area at PDVSA's Cardon refinery in Venezuela on Tuesday afternoon before authorities brought it under control.

    Anadolu Ajansı
11. 7 Oct 2026 Incident Critical
    Fire Halts Operations at Venezuela’s 310,000-Barrel Cardón Refinery

    A fire halted operations Oct. 6 at state-owned PDVSA's 310,000-barrel-per-day Cardón refinery in Venezuela.

    TOKENPOST + 4 other outlets
12. 7 Oct 2026 Incident Critical
    Fire shuts down Venezuelas Cardon refinery ᐉ News from Fakti.bg

    The Cardon refinery in Venezuela shut down and evacuated employees after a fire broke out in a gas pipeline in one of its units.

    Fakti.bg + 4 other outlets
13. 6 Oct 2026 Incident Critical
    Venezuela's Cardon refinery halted after fire, sources say
    marketscreener.com + 2 other outlets