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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - An explosion that damaged an oil pipeline supplying Venezuela's largest refinery was caused by government foes attempting to disrupt congressional elections, officials said.
The state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., said Monday that the blast on Saturday night had not forced any reduction in output because the refinery has enough crude on hand to continue operations while the pipeline is being fixed and the oil field has capacity to store pumped crude.
"We have enough storage capacity," said Oscar Rivas, the company's head of operations for western Venezuela. "Production will not be affected."
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