Traviaso-Naricual oil pipeline

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Traviaso-Naricual oil pipeline is an operating oil pipeline in Venezuela.

Location

The pipeline transports oil from PDVSA's Traviaso tank farm in El Tejero, Monagas, Venezuela to PDVSA's Naricual refinery and Guaragao terminal in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui, Venezuela.

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Project Details

• Operator: PDVSA
• Current capacity: 38.34 mtpa
• Length: 135 kilometers / 84 miles
• Diameter: 30 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year:

Background

A pipeline in the El Tejero area experienced an explosion in March 2021, highlighting the risk for all local energy infrastructure; a Venezuelan government official attributed the explosion to terrorism without citing evidence.