The Spanish multinational of energy and petrochemical had to stop the activity of its refinery in Cartagena. On the same day, Spain recorded a “excess tension” that caused interference in two train stations on the high speed line
Repsol sent a letter on April 24 to customers to account for an “unexpected stop due to technical problems with the supply of electricity”, which led, on April 22, to suspend the activity of his refinery in Cartagena, in the region of Murcia, in southeastern Spain.
The day the energy failed reported by Repsol, Spanish Minister of Transport, Oscar Puente, reported the existence of an “excess tension in the (electrical) network” that would be interfering with two train stations in the high speed line between Flartín and Pajares, which separates Castile and Lion of Asturias. The statement was made on social network X and had been accompanied by an image of the national electrical system that, the newspaper says, is “very similar” to the registered Monday, when an energy collapse left Portugal and Spain without energy for hours.
An excess of the network has caused the protections of the substations to jump from Chamartín to Pajares. The substations have been recovering and now you have to recover the interlocks and signaling. We hope that the circulation is normally normal.
– Oscar Puente (@oscar_puente_)
According to the mass, to which he had access, the Spanish multinational of energy and petrochemical says that at stake was a “serious electric failure alien to the installation” of Cartagena, but it is not known whether or not this fault was related to the blackout on Monday. But the Spanish newspaper reports that last week was recorded in Spain an excess of photovoltaic generation that surpasses the demand. This excess has always happened at the same times.
Still, the failure of April 22 was sufficient to lead Repsol to activate a “force majeure” clause to justify the suspension of work in this refinery in the region of Murcia, in southeastern Spain.
To El Mundo, sources from one of the leading international trade and gas and gas -selling international companies say that the activation of the “force majeure” clause in product deliveries is an absolutely “anomalous” event “happens once 20 years, when extreme phenomena occur, such as isolated depression of high levels (Dana) or an explosion,” they say.
