WHO OWN THE REFINERY'S?
The Cardón Refinery started operations in 1949 with capacity to refine 30 thousand barrels per day (4,800 m3/d). It was owned by Royal Dutch Shell. It currently handles 305 thousand barrels per day (48,500 m3/d).[5] The Amuay Refinery was established by Creole Petroleum in 1950. It started having a capacity of 60 thousand barrels per day (9,500 m3/d) and nowadays it can refine 645 thousand barrels per day (102,500 m3/d).[3] The Bajo Grande Refinery, built in 1956 by Richmond (now Chevron), has the capacity to refine 16 thousand barrels per day (2,500 m3/d).[5]
In 1997, a joint venture of BOC Gases and Foster Wheeler built a 50 million cubic feet per day (1.4×106 m3/d) hydrogen production facility next to the Amuay refinery. This hydrogen facility was the largest in South America.[6]