(Reuters, 19.Nov.2020) — Venezuelan authorities arrested oil workers’ union leader Eudis Girot, other union officials said on Thursday, as the government’s crackdown on dissent at troubled state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela continued. Girot, the executive director of the FUTPV union and an outspoken critic of PDVSA’s management, wrote in […]
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Venezuela Briefs: Black Mkt Gasoline; Diesel Demand
Energy briefs from Venezuela on prices for black market gasoline reaching $11.36/gal and refineries owned by PDVSA only producing enough diesel to cover 25% of domestic demand.
Venezuela Briefs: Amuay Explosion; Cardon Gasoline
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Oct.2020) — Refinery briefs from Venezuela on another explosion at Petróleos de Venezuela’s Amuay refinery and the restart of gasoline production at its Cardon refinery. Both refineries are located in Punto Fijo, Venezuela. Explosion At PDVSA’s Amuay Refinery An explosion at PDVSA’s Amuay refinery impacted the the […]
Partial Reactivation of PDVSA’s Amuay Refinery
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Oct.2020) — Venezuela’s Amuay refinery is processing around 160,000 barrels per day (b/d) after reactivation of two plants, according to an oil union official with the Unitary Federation of Petroleum Workers of Venezuela (FUTPV by its Spanish acronym). The volumes correspond to Plant 1 with 65,000 b/d […]
Venezuela’s Hydrocarbon Sector Incurring Weekly Accidents
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 28.Oct.2018) — Petroleum sector accidents and oil spills in Venezuela have become an almost regular occurrence. Between two and three accidents are happening each per week in PDVSA operational areas as well as a similar number of oil spills, reported the daily newspaper El Nacional, […]
Oil, Electric Sectors to Join Venezuelan Strike
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 23.Jul.2018) – Representatives from trade unions from the oil, electricity, food, education and health sectors announced plans to join a national strike called by opposition political parties, businessmen, unions, churches and other sectors of society in Venezuela. “The governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro […]
PDVSA’s Domestic Refining Utilization Falls
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 16.Jan.2017) – Refining utilization rates at PDVSA’s six domestic refineries averaged 30.7 percent in 2016 owing to permanent and temporary plant shut downs, and continued problems procuring replacement parts all due to finance issues. PDVSA’s domestic refineries – Amuay, Cardón, Bajo Grande, Puerto la Cruz, […]
PDVSA Increases Food Card Stipend to Bs. 38,000 per Month
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 14.May.2016) — PDVSA increased the food card stipend to its workers by 100 percent to 38,000 Venezuelan bolivars per month, reported the daily newspaper Panorama, citing Futpv oil union President Wills Rangel. The card, which benefits some 100,000 oil sector workers, was retro-active as of […]