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The Paraguaná Refinery Complex ((スペイン語:Centro de Refinación de Paraguaná)) is a crude oil refinery complex in Venezuela. It is considered the world's third largest refinery complex, just after Jamnagar Refinery (India) and Ulsan Refinery (South Korea).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oil and Gas Journal )〕 The Paraguaná Refinery Complex was created by the fusion of Amuay Refinery, Bajo Grande Refinery and Cardón Refinery.〔 〕 As of 2012, it refines .〔 〕 The complex is located in the Paraguaná Peninsula in Falcón state (Amuay and Cardón refineries) and the western coast of Lake Maracaibo in the Zulia state (Bajo Grande Refinery).〔 〕 The complex accounts for 71% of the refining capacity of Venezuela and it belongs to the state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).〔 〕 ==History== The Cardón Refinery started operations in 1949 with capacity to refine . It was owned by Royal Dutch Shell. It currently handles .〔 The Amuay Refinery was established by Creole Petroleum in 1950. It started having a capacity of and nowadays it can refine .〔 The Bajo Grande Refinery, built in 1956 by Richmond (now Chevron), has the capacity to refine .〔 In 1997, a joint venture of BOC Gases and Foster Wheeler built a hydrogen production facility next to the Amuay refinery. This hydrogen facility was the largest in South America.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paraguaná Refinery Complex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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