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Refinery in mothballs exists at Refineria de Petropar en Villa Elisa ]
Asuncion, IP-the President Petropar, Romulo Alfredo Campos Krauer said the plant refinery that the body could be used to exploit the hydrocarbon found in the Chaco in the case that this is marketable. He said that with an investment of one million dollars, I would stay in optimal conditions.
On Monday the President of the company, President Energy Peter Levine reported that there is conventional oil in the Paraguayan Chaco, which could reach 1 billion barrels.
Fields said the plant Petropar refinery would be reactivated with 7,000 barrels, in case that is saleable hydrocarbon found in the Chaco and that could cover the local market, which is currently supplied from Argentina.
He said to put it in terms you should invest one million dollars in repairs of pipes, valves, and other areas.
"This workable plant, it stopped because it was cheaper to bring refined rather than raw product," noted in statements to the 780 AM.
He stressed that the plant refinery is undergoing constant maintenance, however added that to be used again some technical adjustments must be made. In that sense, he said "our plant is the size of 7,000 barrels per day, the issue is that you have to see if the type of hydrocarbon that was found is according to our".
He argued that it is essential that the local market in question. "The news is spectacular now expect the issue of the assessment of the potential and hydrocarbon type".
"There to see if it is strategically convenient that the plant stays there or that we make an agreement to move it to where the well is, you have to do the analysis of everything that is the transport of logistics," he said finally.
The discovery will allow President Energy start its first production in Paraguay next year and sell it in the domestic market, said a company spokesman. "President has proven without a doubt that the movable conventional oil exists in the Paraguayan Chaco", said the head of President, Peter Levine.
An audit of President resources over three areas of drilling in Paraguay, which was published in January, estimated the existence of about 1 billion barrels of crude equivalent.