PDVSA Inks $430 Mln Deal in Effort to Boost Oil Output

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(S&P Global, Mery Mogollon, 30.Aug.2018) — State-owned Venezuelan oil company PDVSA signed a $430 million service agreement with seven companies to boost its oil production by 641,000 b/d, company president Manuel Quevedo said in a statement Wednesday.

The companies on the other side of deal are: Well Services Cavallino, Petro Karina, Helios Petroleum Services, Shandong Kerui Group, Rinaca Centauro Karina Consortium, Oil Consortium Tomoporo and Venenca. The companies will help boost output from wells in the Arecuna, Sanvi Guere, Orocual, Dacion, Jusepin, Franquera-Tomoporo and Carito-Pirital fields, the statement said.

According to the statement, current production at the fields is 384,000 b/d.

“We have the opportunity to increase oil production at these fields by 641,000 b/d,” said Quevedo.

“We will provide legal security, investment facilities and the production of each barrel of crude will be recognized a fair rate,” Quevedo added.

Venezuela holds the world’s largest crude reserves, but has seen its oil industry crumble amid mismanagement, corruption and a lack of investment.

Venezuela’s crude output fell to 1.2 million b/d in July, according to the latest S&P Global Platts OPEC production survey.

In 2007, the Venezuelan government expropriated assets from international companies that operated light, medium, heavy and extra-heavy crude fields under contracts signed in the 1990s.

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