Puerto José

Puerto José is a sea port in northeastern Venezuela, on the Caribbean Sea, in the state of Anzoátegui [cite web |url= http://www.pdvsa.com/interface.sp/database/fichero/free/3271/245.PDF |title= Financial and Operational Information |accessdate=2008-09-12 |work= |publisher= Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. and Subsidiaries (PDVSA) |date=2007-12-31] , about 10km west of Barcelona. It is home to an important oil tanker loading complex, the "Complejo criogenico de Oriente José", created in 1985 [cite web |url= http://portfocus.com/go/974299867.html |title= Puerto José
accessdate=2008-09-12 |work= |publisher= The Selinger Group ] and now more often referred to by it's original name, the Cryogenic Complex of Oriente, San Joaquin Plant. The complex is used to load several of Venezuela's petroleum products onto oil tankers, including Ameriven-Hamaca, Cerro Negro, Sincor, and Zuata Sweet.

The José industrial zone comprises one part of the Eastern Cryogenic Complex (ACCRO), which includes refineries, petrochemical plants, and gas compression plants [cite web |url= http://www.allbusiness.com/mining/oil-gas-extraction-crude-petroleum-natural/355118-1.html |title= VENEZUELA - PDVSA Gas & Its Projects.
accessdate=2008-09-12 |work= |publisher= APS Review Gas Market Trends |date=1999-12-13] .

ee also

* List of crude oil products

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