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CARACAS, Oct 2 (Reuters) – An explosion at a gas well in
Venezuela injured four people on Tuesday in the latest accident
to hit the energy industry in the South American OPEC nation,
state oil company PDVSA said.
PDVSA said in a statement that the workers were stable in
hospital after the blast, which was caused by a leak at the
Petrourdaneta project in western Venezuela’s Zulia state.
On Aug. 25 a gas leak caused an explosion at the country’s
biggest oil refinery, Amuay, which killed 42 people, wounded
dozens more and damaged some 1,600 homes in the
area.
On Sept. 20 a lightning strike set fire to fuel storage
tanks at another refinery, El Palito, but no one was hurt.
(Reporting by Marianna Parraga and Daniel Wallis; Editing by
Chris Gallagher)
