PDVSA Refinery to Undergo Major $1.7 Billion Conversion Project

CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--June 13, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA)(Caracas, Venezuela) will spend $1.7 billion on a major conversion of its Puerto la Cruz refinery in Anzoategui, Venezuela, to make the facility the first in the country to use HDH Plus technology.