Venezuela’s largest refinery center stopped all operations on Tuesday following a fire and a blackout at the site. A small fire erupted at a vacuum tower at the Amuay oil refinery on Thursday morning. Reduced oil processing rates in Venezuela will exacerbate an already precarious situation with fuel supply in the country. The 955,000-barrels-per-day Paraguaná Refinery Complex, Venezuela’s largest refinery center, stopped all operations early on Thursday after a fire and a blackout at the site, multiple sources close to the facility’s operations told Reuters . A small fire erupted at a vacuum tower at the Amuay oil refinery, which, together with the Cardon refinery, makes up the huge refinery complex. The blackout is widespread in the complex, and all operations are halted, Reuters’ sources said. Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA, the operator of the large refining complex, was trying to restore power in the refineries early on Thursday, […]