(AP, 2.Nov.2018) The former finance chief of Venezuela’s state oil company pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in an alleged US$1.2-billion embezzlement scheme, a major breakthrough for US prosecutors targeting […]
Tag: Eulogio Del Pino
PDVSA’s Del Pino Backs Constituent
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 23.May.2017) – PDVSA President Eulogio Del Pino announced that he fully backs Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the Constituent Assembly process to defeat what he […]
PDVSA Says Oil Spill Clean-up Advances
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.May.2017) – PDVSA announced that clean-up activities continue along the Venezuelan coast off Sucre state, related to the spill of crude oil at the Pointe-Ă -Pierre […]
PDVSA and Schlumberger Discuss Business Relations
(PDVSA, 22.Feb.2017) – On February 21, 2017, Schlumberger CEO Paal Kibsgaard, visited the headquarters of PetrĂłleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) to hold a meeting with PDVSA President Eulogio Del Pino. […]
Venezuela Advances with PLC Conversion Project
(PDVSA, 14.Feb.2017) – Members of the China-Venezuela High Level Joint Commission toured the facilities of the Puerto La Cruz Refinery in Anzoátegui state, to review the progress of the Deep […]
Venezuela, China Hold High Level Commission
(PDVSA, 13.Feb.2017) – The 15th China-Venezuela High Level Joint Commission took place at the JosĂ© FĂ©lix Ribas Hall of Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas, with the aim of discussing the […]
PDVSA Says Costs Down More Than 30%
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 2.Feb.2017) – PDVSA reduced operating costs by more than 30 percent, announced the entity in an official statement, citing company President Eulogio Del Pino. No […]
Maduro Announces Shakeup to PDVSA Board
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 29.Jan.2017) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro announced changes to the Board of Directors at PDVSA and said the members would be expected to assume […]
Venezuela to Export Gas to Trinidad
(PDVSA, 5.Dec.2016) – During a meeting in Miraflores Palace, the People’s Power Minister of Petroleum and President of PDVSA Eulogio Del Pino and the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago […]
Venezuela to soon initiate gas shipments to Colombia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Jul.2016) – Venezuela plans to soon initiate shipments of natural gas to Colombia, reported Venezuela’s new agency AVN, citing the country’s Oil Minister Eulogio Del […]
Venezuela Producing 3.8 MMboe/d, PDVSA President Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Jul.2016) –Venezuela is producing 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, PDVSA President Eulogio Del Pino said during an interview on the television program […]
PDVSA President Del Pino Orders Co. Audit
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 24.Jun.2016) – PDVSA President Eulogio Del Pino ordered the investigation into presumed acts of corruption and bribery within the state oil company, reported the daily […]
Venezuela Aims to Boost Oil Output Over Next Six Months
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 14.Jun.2016) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said his country needs to boost its crude oil output over the next six months in accordance with the […]
Schlumberger Rigs to Operate Under Different Scheme
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 11.Jun.2016) — Schlumberger’s fourteen drilling rigs in Venezuela will soon commence to operate under a different financial scheme, reported PDVSA in an official statement on […]
CITGO, Aruba Gov’t Finalize San Nicolas Refinery Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 11.Jun.2016) – Authorities from the governments of Aruba, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and officials from Venezuela’s state oil company PetrĂłleos de Venezuela, S.A. […]
Venezuela Proposes Production Band Again to OPEC
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Jun.2016) — Venezuela again proposed establishment of a production band during the 169th OPEC meeting in Vienna. The band system consists of minimum and maximum […]
PetroCaribe Evaluates Creation of JV Company to Distribute Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.May.2016) — PetroCaribe member countries evaluated the creation of a joint-venture company that would distribute Venezuelan gas to them, reported Venezuela’s news agency AVN, citing […]
Venezuela, Trinidad Sign Energy-Related Deals
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 23.May.2016) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley were both present during an energy-related signing ceremony in Port […]
Venezuela Turns to Gold Rush to Prevent Economic Collapse
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.Apr.2016) – Venezuela plans to immediately focus efforts on the exploitation and export of its massive gold resources located in Bolivar state in an attempt […]
OPEC Must Be Stronger on Geopolitical Front
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 8.Oct.2015) – “OPEC should convert itself into a stronger actor in geopolitical, geo-economics, and social areas as well in the permanent search for peace,” […]
Venezuela to Start Mariscal Sucre Project by YE:15
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 1.Oct.2015) – Venezuela will soon start offshore gas production at the Mariscal Sucre project. Production from Cardon IV block is currently at 300 million […]
Energy Should Be Key Integration Driver
(PDVSA, 10.Sept.2015) – The World Energy Council (WEC) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), with the support of the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy (MEER) of Ecuador, […]
Del Pino Says Producers Must Overcome Differences
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Sep.2015) – “Let’s overcome our differences of opinion between OPEC and non OPEC producers to achieve consensus,” Venezuela’s oil ministry posted via twitter , citing the country’s oil […]