It is expected that this Sunday, December 11, two electrical equipment that they ordered to be manufactured to attend the emergency at the Cdcay de Amuay plant will arrive
Text: Irene Revilla
Oil workers from Falcón state started up the catalytic and reformer plants that had been out of operation since last week. This was reported to the whistle three people who are part of the Paraguaná Refining Complex (CRP). This situation has generated failures in the distribution of gasoline.
They detailed that the catalytic plant started up at dawn on Saturday, December 10, while the Reformador plant started the test on Thursday, December 8 and has been working since Friday the 9th. This last one was paralyzed by a crack in a tower and that has already been repaired.
Regarding the Amuay refinery, the workers reported that two spare parts that were damaged last week and that were sent to be manufactured are expected, which would be ready between this Saturday, December 10, and Sunday, December 11. For this reason, it is presumed that in the next few hours the important Cdcay plant, essential for the production of gasoline, will be launched.
To do this, they already have the catalyst that arrived at the refinery over the weekend. While they wait for the electrical equipment, the staff remains attentive to start up the plant.
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Discontent due to lack of payments beyond failures in Amuay and Cardón
The group of workers consulted who preferred to remain anonymous, reported that despite working to maintain fuel production, the contractors do not pay them up to date and have long delays in paying off the bonus that made them return to the refineries.
“They already owe us too much. My children ask me where the December clothes are and I don’t know what to answer because we don’t have a way to buy them. We all work with the promise that they will pay us to be able to meet the basic needs of our families, but the contractors say that PDVSA does not pay them and that is why we do not receive our payments,” said a Cardón worker.
For his part, Carlos Colina, national leader of Petroleros Sin Fronteras, stressed that they owe them more than 60 weeks of the bonus in dollars and do not give them answers. “PDVSA gives incentives and the contractors only pay for the week, which is one hundred and eighty bolivars. That is not even enough for the food of the workers, much less to feed their families,” said Colina.
He explained that they expect the 90 contractors that house more than 1,500 workers to catch up with payments. The staff have given everything during the year to improve the fuel production and they should be able to enjoy a Christmas with their families and be able to afford the basic expenses with the effort of their work.
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