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 Cuba
to Increase Oil Refining Capacity
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 3 (acn) Cuba and Venezuela are currently implementing
projects to increase the Caribbean island’s oil refining
capacity from
100,000 barrels per day to more than 350,000 with the expansion
of the refineries of Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba, as well as
the creation of
a new one in Matanzas.
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According to Juventud Rebelde
newspaper, these projects are being carried
out in cooperation with the Venezuelan state oil company
PDVSA.
The director of the PDVSA-Cuba division, Hector Pernia, said
that the
project includes the installation of a re-gasification plant
in Cienfuegos
with a capacity of 2.06 million tons per year, of which 64%
would be
destined to the generation of electricity in the country.
Pernia noted that the mechanical structure of this plant
should be ready
by the end of 2014 and it should begin its operations the
following year.
The specialist added that, also in Cienfuegos, two plants
for the
petro-chemical industry —one of urea and the other of
ammonia— will be
created to produce fertilizers for the national market and
also to export
to the Caribbean area.
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