委内瑞拉第二大炼厂卡尔登因火灾停产：柴油装置管线起火、人员疏散，PDVSA未立即回应
卡拉贝达（帕拉瓜纳）——委内瑞拉第二大炼油厂卡尔登炼油厂10月6日周二因一处装置起火而全面停产。据路透社援引三名知情人士的消息，起火装置生产柴油，一条经过该装置的燃气管线发生破口，整个炼厂停产、锅炉停运；其中一名消息人士称火势已得到控制，另两名消息人士称炼厂人员已被疏散。
卡尔登炼油厂日加工能力31万桶，是PDVSA运营的帕拉瓜纳炼油中心的一部分，该中心总产能为95.5万桶/日。社交媒体上流传的画面显示炼厂上空升起巨大火柱与浓烟，路透社表示无法立即核实画面内容，但其他消息来源报告在炼厂看到火焰与烟雾。PDVSA未立即回应路透社的置评请求。
这并非卡尔登今年首次中断：上个月，该厂一台原油蒸馏装置与流化催化裂化装置曾因原料不足而停产。火灾、停电与设备故障在委内瑞拉炼厂中屡见不鲜，长期投资不足使炼油系统成为能源复苏中最脆弱的环节之一。
卡尔登的停产时点敏感：PDVSA正对外宣示到2027年提高炼油加工量的计划，国内汽油供应目前靠约35万桶/日的实际加工量维持。火势控制之后何时复产、装置损伤程度如何，将直接影响委内瑞拉国内燃油供应与居民生活。
来源：据路透社2026年10月6日关于卡尔登炼油厂火灾停产的报道整理，当日其他通讯社转载的路透电讯内容一致。
Venezuela's Second-Largest Refinery, Cardon, Halted by Fire as a Gas Line Burns and Staff Evacuate
CARABEDA (PARAGUANA) - Venezuela's second-largest refinery, Cardon, was halted on Tuesday, October 6, after a fire at one of its units. Reuters, citing three sources with knowledge of the matter, reported that a gas line passing through the unit that produces gas oil opened up, the entire refinery stopped, and its boilers were halted. One source said the blaze was already under control, while two reported that personnel had been evacuated.
Cardon has a processing capacity of 310,000 barrels per day and forms part of the PDVSA-operated Paraguana Refining Center, whose total capacity is 955,000 bpd. Videos posted on social media showed huge columns of flames and smoke billowing from the refinery; Reuters said it could not immediately verify the footage, though other sources reported seeing flames and smoke at the plant. PDVSA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It was not Cardon's first interruption this year: last month, output at a crude distillation unit and the fluid catalytic cracker were halted due to insufficient feedstock. Fires, power interruptions and outages are common across Venezuela's refineries, and years of underinvestment have made the refining system one of the weakest links in the energy recovery.
The shutdown comes at a sensitive moment: PDVSA is publicly targeting higher refinery runs by 2027, while domestic gasoline supply currently rests on actual processing of about 350,000 bpd nationwide. How quickly Cardon restarts after the fire is controlled - and how much damage the unit sustained - will directly affect fuel supply and daily life in Venezuela.
Sources: Compiled from Reuters reporting of October 6, 2026, on the Cardon refinery fire and shutdown.
图片来源：帕拉瓜纳炼油中心的阿穆艾炼油厂（与卡尔登同属该炼油中心），Génesis García 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0（Wikimedia Commons）
