PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jan.2026, Words: 399) — Venezuela’s oil sector is again in the spotlight.
This time in the immediate aftermath of US military actions aimed at a regime change in Venezuela, and amid an ongoing pivot by Big Oil and other energy companies back to crude oil. Importantly, this latter point comes after years of the energy sector eyeing and moving into low-carbon ventures.
(Sputnik, 24.Jun.2020) — Earlier this month, the US Treasury Department announced that it was imposing Venezuela-related sanctions against four companies and four oil tankers belonging […]
(Total, 7.Sep.2020) — Total notified its partners on 19 August 2020 about its resignation from its role of operator for five exploration blocks, located in […]
(Shell, 24.May.2021) — Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, reached agreement for the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining […]