Fitch Revises Citgo’s Outlook To Stable
(Fitch Ratings, 8.Apr.2021) — Fitch Ratings affirmed the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of CITGO Petroleum (Opco) at 'B' and CITGO Holding (Holdco) at 'CCC+', Opco's senior secured term loans,...
Ministers Informed Of Deal ‘Citgo Six’ Were Jailed For
(Reuters, 17.Mar.2021) — Six executives of U.S. refiner Citgo have been jailed in Caracas on graft charges since 2017, but court documents seen by Reuters show that top Venezuelan officials...
Citgo’s Letter To The UN On Human Rights
(Citgo, 25.Feb.2021) — The Simón Bolívar Foundation (Foundation), the 501(c)(3) private foundation of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, upholds high standards of corporate governance and ethics. With these standards in mind, we...
China, Russia, Venezuela: Q&A With Thomas O’Donnell
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Feb.2021) — China and Russia continue to push around their might in Venezuela. Thomas O’Donnell with the Hertie School of Governance & Freie Universität-Berlin weighs in briefly...
José R. Pocaterra Elected Chairman Of Citgo BOD
(Citgo, 12.Feb.2021) — The Citgo Petroleum Corporation Board of Directors announced today that Jose R. Pocaterra has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Pocaterra brings more than...
Citgo’s Going-Concern Value Approximately $5.78bn
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Feb.2021) — Houston-based refiner Citgo Petroleum's going-concern value is approximately $5.78 billion, according to a recent analysis by Fitch Ratings. The value is based on estimated EBITDA...
Venezuela Orders Arrest Of New Citgo Board Member
(Reuters, 18.Jan.2021) — Venezuelan authorities issued an arrest warrant for a new member of the board of directors of U.S.-based refining firm Citgo Petroleum Corp named by the opposition this...
Judge Approves Citgo Parent Share Sale
(Argus, 14.Jan.2021) — Venezuela inched closer to losing control of its US refining subsidiary Citgo today after a federal judge began crafting a sale process for shares of its controlling...
Jose R. Pocaterra Joins Citgo Board Of Directors
(Citgo, 6.Jan.2021) — The Citgo Petroleum Corporation Board of Directors announced that Jose R. Pocaterra has been named to the Board of Directors, replacing Edgar Rincon who remains Citgo's Chief...
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Citgo Releases First-Ever ESG Report [PDF DOWNLOAD]
(Citgo, 29.Dec.2020) — Marking a new chapter of heightened corporate transparency, responsibility and accountability, Citgo Petroleum Corporation today released its first-ever report detailing the company's extensive environmental, social and governance...
Carlos Vecchio Says Guaidó Govt Saved Citgo
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Dec.2020) — Houston-based refiner Citgo Petroleum, owned by Venezuela's state oil and gas company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), continues to benefit from US legal actions to extend...
Citgo Plans Q4 2021 Overhaul At Corpus Christi Refinery
(Reuters, 21.Dec.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corp plans an overhaul at its 167,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery in the fourth quarter of 2021, the company said on Monday. The...
Citgo Closes New A/R Securitization Facility
(Citgo, 18.Dec.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement with Barclays as Program Administrator for a two-year $250mn accounts receivable securitization facility. The facility will...
NGOs Vital In Helping With Humanitarian Crisis [Video]
(Citgo, 10.Dec.2020) — NGOs and other private philanthropic groups are increasingly critical in helping address the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, according to three diverse panels of leading experts recently...
Venezuela Judge Convicts Citgo-6, Orders Prison
(AP, 27.Nov.2020) — Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela were found guilty of corruption charges by a judge Thursday and immediately sentenced to prison, dashing hopes...
Citgo Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results
(Citgo, 13.Nov.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation’s third quarter results were driven by the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, which affected the refining industry as a whole, and were further...
Simón Bolívar Foundation Rejects Maduro Allegations
(Citgo, 30.Oct.2020) — Given the recent accusations made by representatives of the Nicolás Maduro regime, the Simón Bolívar Foundation, the private non-profit foundation of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, categorically rejects the...
Citgo Names John Zuklic As Chief Financial Officer
(Citgo, 29.Oct.2020) — The Board of Directors of Citgo Petroleum Corporation appointed John Zuklic as Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), reporting to Citgo President and CEO Carlos...
Citgo-backed Bonds Boosted By US Court Ruling
(Reuters, 19.Oct.2020) — Bond market brokers marked up prices on some of Venezuela's battered debt more than four-fold on Monday after a U.S. judge dealt a major blow to opposition...
PdV Ad Hoc Chairman Joins Opposition Flight
(Argus, 9.Sep.2020) — The chairman of the Venezuelan opposition's "ad hoc" board of national oil company PdV has joined a flight of exiled technocrats from the ranks of a struggling...
Citgo-6 Surpasses 1,000 Days Of Wrongful Detention
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2020) — More than 1,000 days have passed since Tomeu Vadell, José Luis Zambrano, Alirio Zambrano, Jorge Toledo, Gustavo Cardenas and José Pereira — known as the...
Citgo Updates On Lake Charles Refinery After Laura
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Aug.2020) — Houston-based refiner Citgo Petroleum released initial details regarding its Lake Charles Refinery and the impact on its operations after the passing of Hurricane Laura. __________...
Houston Refiner Citgo Reports 2Q:20 Results
(Citgo, 17.Aug.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation reported a net loss of $5 million for the second quarter of 2020, which includes the benefit from the reversal of a previously recorded...
US Charges Ex-Citgo Exec In Bribery Probe
(Reuters, 6.Aug.2020) — U.S. prosecutors charged a former Citgo Petroleum manager with accepting $2.5 million as part of a scheme to bribe officials with the U.S. refiner and its Venezuelan...
PDV Holdings Releases First-Ever Annual Report
(Citgo, 22.Jul.2020) — PDV Holding, Inc., the indirect sole stockholder of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, issued its first-ever annual report detailing financial and operational performance in calendar year 2019. Report highlights...
CITGO Names Edgar Rincon COO, Executive VP
(Citgo, 17.Jul.2020) — The Board of Directors of CITGO Petroleum Corporation has appointed Edgar Rincon as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Executive Vice President, reporting to CITGO President and CEO...
Barreiro, Laprea-Bigott, Jordá Named To Citgo Board
(Citgo, 15.Jul.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation Board of Directors announced today that Pablo Pérez Barreiro, Marcelo Laprea-Bigott and Carlos Jordá have been named to the Board of Directors. "Pablo Pérez...
Guaido Team Adds to PDVSA Ad Hoc Board
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2020) — Venezuela's opposition-held National Assembly on Tuesday named three new members to an ad hoc board of directors for state Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), which controls some of...
Guaido Team Favoring COP In Citgo Fight: Update
(Argus, 19.Jun.2020) — Another senior Venezuelan opposition figure has resigned following the government's leak of a strategy to favor ConocoPhillips in an escalating battle for Venezuelan state-owned PdV's US refining...
Guaido Team Favoring COP In Citgo Fight
(Argus, 19.Jun.2020) — Another senior Venezuelan opposition figure has resigned following the government's leak of a strategy to favor ConocoPhillips in an escalating battle for Venezuelan state-owned PdV's US refining...
Citgo Reports First Quarter 2020 Results
(Citgo, 12.Jun.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation reported its first quarter 2020 performance results, including a net loss of $159 million and an adjusted EBITDA1 of $38 million excluding the effect...
CITGO Proposes $750mn Private Offering
(Citgo, 2.Jun.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation has commenced a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of $750 million aggregate principal amount of...
Q&A: PdV Exile Board Has ‘Levers’ To Keep Citgo
(Argus, 28.May.2020) — Luis Pacheco is chairman of a parallel board trying to exert control over the future of Venezuela's state-owned PdV. Appointed by the National Assembly led by opposition...
PdV’s Board Of Exiles Loses Two Technocrats
(Argus, 21.May.2020) — Two members of the parallel board of Venezuela's national oil company PdV have resigned, a development that exposes brewing frustration in the exiled technical ranks of US-backed...
PDV Holding And Aruba Govt To End Refinery Project
(PDV Holding, 1.May.2020) — PDV Holding, Inc., and the Government of Aruba/Refineria di Aruba (RDA) today executed an amicable termination agreement in relation to the contract for the San Nicolás...
Citgo Foundation To Support Covid-19 Efforts In Venezuela
(Citgo, 26.Mar.2020) — The Simón Bolívar Foundation Inc. (SBF), the non-profit, private foundation of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, is launching a special round of its small grants program to help alleviate...
US Calls For Humanitarian Release Of Citgo 6
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 19.Mar.2020) — The US calls for humanitarian release of wrongfully detained Americans in Venezuela. https://twitter.com/statedeptspox/status/1240619170338922502 © Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved. ***
Maduro Taps VP To ‘Restructure’ Oil Sector
(Reuters, 19.Feb.2020) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday he would create a presidential commission to restructure the country's beleaguered oil industry, which will be led by Vice President...
Maduro Accused Of “Disappearing” US Oilmen
(AP, 19.Feb.2020) — Family members of six American oil executives jailed in Venezuela are accusing Nicolas Maduro’s government of “forced disappearance” after the men were inexplicably missing for the scheduled...
Citgo Names Jack Lynch As Chief Compliance Officer
(Citgo, 11.Feb.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation announced the appointment of Jack Lynch as the company’s new Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer. Lynch will continue to serve as the Vice President...
Citgo Announces Small Grants Program Winners
(Citgo, 24.Jan.2020) — The Simón Bolívar Foundation Inc. (SBF), a non-profit, private foundation of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, awarded seven grants totaling $100,000 to nonprofits that expand access to medicine, health...
CITGO Reports 3Q Results
(Citgo, 6.Dec.2019) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation reported strong financial and operational performance as the Board of Directors reviewed with the Shareholder the company’s performance during the first nine months of...
Maduro Sent $900mn In Oil To Cuba, U.S. Official Said
(El Nuevo Herald, Nora Gámez Torres, 27.Nov.2019) — Embattled leader Nicolás Maduro sent about $900 million in oil to Cuba this year despite the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, a U.S....
Conoco Seeks Seizure Of Citgo Parent
(Reuters, 26.Nov.2019) — U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips on Tuesday filed a motion in a Delaware court seeking to seize shares in the parent of U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum to collect...
Third Circuit Rejects Citgo Rehearing
(Argus, Elliott Blackburn, 21.Nov.2019) — Federal appeals court judges have denied Venezuela's request to rehear a July decision upholding the pursuit of the country's US refining subsidiary Citgo to satisfy...
US Court Denies Citgo Rehearing
(S&P Global Platts, 21.Nov.2019) — A US appeals court Thursday denied Venezuela's request for it to reconsider its ruling allowing a PDVSA creditor to go after US refiner Citgo, its...
Venezuela Opposition In Citgo Deal
(Reuters, 19.Nov.2019) — Venezuela’s opposition has reached a deal with the custodians of a bond issued by state oil company PDVSA to prevent bondholders from seizing U.S. refining subsidiary Citgo,...
CITGO: Worth Protecting?
(AFPM, Chet Thompson, 22.Oct.2019) — In the last ten years the fracking revolution has led to amazing growth and vastly increased energy security for the United States. We’ve gone from...
Guaido Team Proposes Truce To PDVSA Bondholders
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga and Corina Pons, 18.Oct2019) — Venezuela's opposition last week sent holders of state oil company PDVSA's 2020 bond a proposal to suspend legal actions for 90 days,...
Guaido Camp Declares PDVSA 2020 Bond Void
(venezuelanalysis.com, 16.Oct.2019) — Venezuela’s CITGO could be seized by creditors. Venezuela’s opposition-held National Assembly (AN) passed a resolution Tuesday branding the country’s 2020 PDVSA bond “invalid.” The move comes on...
Venezuela’s Prize Oil Asset May Soon Be Up For Grabs
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 16.Oct.2019) — Venezuela’s opposition is getting ready to file within days a lawsuit in the United States seeking to prevent bond holders of Venezuelan state oil firm...
Reliance To Resume Venezuela Oil Loadings
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 9.Oct.2019) — Indian refiner Reliance Industries Ltd is scheduled to resume loading Venezuelan crude in October after a four-month pause, according to sources and internal documents from PDVSA...
Aruba Ends Citgo Deal
(Reuters, 9.Oct.2019) — Aruba on Wednesday reached an agreement with U.S. based Citgo Petroleum Corp to end its contract to refurbish and operate the island's refinery, a statement from the...
S&P Removes Citgo From Credit Watch
(Citgo, 5.Sep.2019) — Standard & Poor's (S&P), a leading credit rating agency, has removed Citgo Holding, Inc. and Citgo Petroleum Corporation's outlook from credit watch and has placed them on...
Citgo Petroleum Announces 2Q:19 Results
(Citgo, 26.Aug.2019) — The Board of Directors of Citgo Petroleum Corporation is pleased to report significant progress on top company goals. Following its appointment in February 2019, the Citgo Board...
Citgo Profits Hit By Fallout From Split-CEO
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 22.Aug.2019) — The two new top executives at Citgo Petroleum disclosed this week that net income in the second quarter slid to less than half its level...
China Stays Venezuela Course
(Argus, 20.Aug.2019) — The Chinese government is so far showing no sign of curtailing its oil ties to Venezuela, despite state-owned PetroChina's rescheduling of Merey crude loadings in August. Argus...
Citgo Petroleum Corp. Names Carlos E. Jorda As CEO
(Citgo, 14.Aug.2019) — The Board of Directors of Citgo Petroleum Corporation has selected Carlos E. Jorda to occupy the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) position after a thorough and extensive search...
Citgo To Name New CEO
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 13.Aug.2019) — Citgo Petroleum Corp has selected Carlos Jorda as its next chief executive, according to three people familiar with the matter, turning to a seasoned refinery...
U.S. Expands Sanctions Against Venezuela
(WSJ, Vivian Salama, 6.Aug.2019) — The Trump administration imposed a total economic embargo against the government of Venezuela, a significant escalation of pressure against the regime of President Nicolás Maduro...
Trump Imposes New Curbs In Bid To Pressure Maduro
(Bloomberg, 6.Aug.2019) — President Donald Trump imposed further sanctions on Venezuela, freezing the government’s assets in the U.S. and adding immigration restrictions in a move aimed at stepping up pressure...
US Escalates Venezuela Sanctions
(Platts, 6.Aug.2019) — The US escalated sanctions against Venezuela late Monday and may use the executive order to target crude flows to China and India, analysts said Tuesday. Highlights Analysts...
The ‘Citgo 6’ Remain Imprisoned In Venezuela
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 5.Aug.2019) — Six U.S. executives at Citgo, the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-held oil firm PDVSA, were detained by Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela in November 2017...
Citgo Holding, Inc. Refinances $1.87bn Debt
(Citgo, 1.Aug.2019) — CITGO Holding, Inc., parent company of CITGO Petroleum Corporation (CPC), confirmed it has completed its previously announced refinancing transactions to redeem and pay-off $1.870 billion of its...
The U.S.’ Plan To Rebuild Venezuela After Maduro
(WSJ, Paulo Trevisani, 1.Aug.2019) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross laid out a plan including credit and investment to help rebuild Venezuela’s economy under democratic rule, as Washington continues to...
Court To Decide Fight For Control Of US Refiner Citgo
(Reuters, 26.Jun.2019) — A U.S. court will decide whether a board of directors appointed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro or one backed by his rival, opposition leader Juan Guaido, runs...
US Seeks Info From Guaido’s Ad-hoc Citgo Board
(Reuters, 19.Jun.2019) — An ad-hoc board of directors for U.S. oil refiner Citgo, named by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, said on Wednesday it has received a request for information...
Energy Minister Khan: No Venezuelan Crude For Trinidad
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Sean Douglas, 7.Jun.2019) — The refined oil imported by Paria Fuel Trading Company for local consumption after the closure of the Petrotrin refinery does not include...
U.S. Tightens Venezuela Oil Sanctions, Indicates More Actions To Come
(Reuters, Roberta Rampton, 6.Jun.2019) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday tightened its pressure on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company by making clear that exports of diluents by international shippers could...
Citgo’s Search For CEO Moves Forward, Includes Former PDVSA Executives
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 6.Jun.2019) — Citgo Petroleum Corp, the U.S. arm of Venezuela’s state-run oil firm PDVSA, is moving toward appointing a new chief executive, with candidate names including former...
Who Gets Venezuela’s Oil?
(CNN, Allan Dodds Frank, 16.May.2019) — Venezuela's future is in limbo, as its embattled president continues to fend off a national movement for regime change. And whether President Nicolas Maduro...
Venezuela’s Ad-Hoc PDVSA Board Begins Payment On Citgo-Backed 2020 Bond
(Reuters, Corina Pons and Mayela Armas, 16.May.2019) — Venezuela’s ad-hoc board of directors for state oil company PDVSA, appointed by opposition leader Juan Guaido, said on Thursday it has made...
Texas’ Pete Olson Calls For Maduro To Release Citgo 6
(The Katy News, 8.Apr.2019) — Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) issued the following statement calling on the Maduro regime to release the six Citgo executives, five of whom are Texans, who...
Cuba Would Need To Spend $2 Bln /Year For Oil If Venezuela Stops Deliveries
(Miami Herald, Nora Gamez Torres, 22.Mar.2019) — Cuba would have to spend nearly $2 billion a year to meet its domestic oil needs if Venezuela’s National Assembly and interim president...
U.S. Presses India To Stop Buying Oil From Venezuela’s Maduro: Envoy
(Reuters, Lesley Wroughton, Luc Cohen, Marianna Parraga, 10.Mar.2019) — The United States is pressing India to stop buying oil from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government, Washington’s top envoy for Venezuela...