An explosion rocked the Amuay oil refinery in northwestern Venezuela, killing 39 people, including a 10-year-old boy. In addition, more than 80 people were injured.
"People are very scared," said Falcon State Gov. Stella Lugo. They evacuated the areas that had to be evacuated, but the situation, as the technicians are telling with the refinery is controlled."
President Hugo Chavez decreed three days of mourning and gave his condolences to families of the victims.
The incident occurred at 1:11 a.m. when "we had a release of gas whose origin we are going to determine," Rafael Ramirez, president of the state-owned petroleum company PDVSA, said. The gas generated a cloud that then exploded and provoked fires in at least two tanks of the refinery and in the surrounding areas."
Venezuela is one of the world's largest oil exporters and the nation's oil revenues represent some 94% of the world's export earnings.
I think this article is disappointing. If anything, it just proves that the world depends too much on oil and without it, major problems can occur. It also shows that oil can cause many disasters such as fires and oil spills. President Hugo Chavez is also terrible as I remember from one of our packets in class. He doesn't care about the people and their families, he's just sad that some of his money makers are gone, and wants all the money in his greedy little hands.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/world/americas/venezuela-refinery-blast/index.html
You saying that about Hugo Chavez, you deserve a cookie.
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