CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum, 2.Sep.2026, Words: 454) — The following briefs span company details on GeoPark Limited, PETROBRAS, Sempra, ENI, Chevron Corporation, Aspect Energy, Corpoelec, PDVSA, Harvard‘s Kennedy School, and General Electric, among others.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
BRAZIL
— PETROBRAS redeems 5.999% global notes due 2028. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
VENEZUELA
— Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez hosted a signing ceremony in Caracas in the company of US energy secretary Chris Wright, ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi, and Chevron Corporation president Mike Wirth, among other executives from Corpoelec, General Electric (GE) and Aspect Energy, among others. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
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— Chevron, ENI and GE ink positive deals in Venezuela, Chris Wright says. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
— US energy secretary Chris Wright said Venezuela’s energy sector is progressing ahead of schedule. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
— PDVSA says production from 17 strategic fields to exceed 1.5 MMb/d. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
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— execs from numerous bulk bracket IOCs were in Caracas to attend a signing ceremony related to advancing the reactivation of FDI in the OPEC country. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
— Chevron JVs in Venezuela eye investing over $7bn over the next 5yrs, more than doubling production to approximately 600,000 b/d v 2026, the co. said. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
— GeoPark Limited announced its strategic entry into Venezuela through the Bare blk, a large-scale producing heavy oil asset located in the Orinoco heavy oil belt, 1 of the world’s largest hydrocarbon accumulations. [GeoPark]
— “The outrageous US-Delcy oil heist will hurt and delay the recovery of Venezuela’s oil. Two kleptocracies and a rapacious US stance makes Venezuela less investible and poisons Venezuelan politics,” Ricardo Hausmann, w/ Harvard’s Kennedy School, said in a post on social media. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
NORTH AMERICA
— the BODs of Sempra declared a $0.6575/shr quarterly dividend on the co.’s common stock, which is payable 15 Oct. 2026, to common stock shareholders of record at the close of business on 24 Sep. 2026. [Energy Analytics Institute]
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