Children look out of a window as a gas flare burns at the Cardon refinery, part of the Paraguana Refining Center, as years of underinvestment, equipment failures and shortages have hampered fuel production in Venezuela, in Punta Cardon, Venezuela, May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
A man fishes near the Cardon refinery, part of the Paraguana Refining Center, as years of underinvestment, equipment failures and shortages have hampered fuel production in Venezuela, in Punta Cardon, Venezuela, May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
FILE PHOTO: An oil and gas industry worker walks at a facility of OzenMunayGaz company in Zhanaozen in the Mangystau region, Kazakhstan, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Turar Kazangapov/File Photo
A gas flare burns at the Cardon refinery, part of the Paraguana Refining Center, as years of underinvestment, equipment failures and shortages have hampered fuel production in Venezuela, in Punta Cardon, Venezuela, May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa
A gas flare burns at the Cardon refinery, part of the Paraguana Refining Center, as years of underinvestment, equipment failures and shortages have hampered fuel production in Venezuela, in Punta Cardon, Venezuela, May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa
Fishing boats are moored on the shoreline near the Cardon refinery, part of the Paraguana Refining Center, as years of underinvestment, equipment failures and shortages have hampered fuel production in Venezuela, in Punta Cardon, Venezuela, May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa