Guri Dam Running at Half Power, Three Upgraders Limping, and Venezuela's Single Point of Failure

Jerónimo travelled from Ciudad Guayana to the Guri Dam corridor and north to the Jose upgrader complex. As many as nine of twenty turbines at Guri are damaged, according to senior engineers. Only Chevron's Petropiar upgrader produces at meaningful rates. The electricity crisis remains the binding constraint on oil recovery.