https://freerepublic.com/tag/20261006/ en-us Wed, 7 Oct 2026 13:56:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4398267/posts Venezuela’s Cardón refinery — the country’s second-largest plant — was fully halted on Tuesday after a gas-line fire and explosions at its diesel hydrotreater. The blaze was brought under control in under an hour with no reported injuries, but PDVSA has not issued a damage assessment or restart timeline. The outage hits an already fragile domestic fuel system far more than U.S. supply. Cardón (sometimes rendered Cardon; the query’s “Ardon” matches this plant, not neighboring Amuay) sits at Punto Fijo in Falcón state and is half of the Paraguaná Refining Center. A social-media video posted by OSINTtechnical showed a large... energynewsbeat.co https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4398267/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2026 13:56:09 GMT