(Argus, 8.Sep.2020) — Rafael Ramirez served as Venezuela’s oil minister from 2002-2013 and concurrent chief executive of state-owned PdV from 2004-2013, a tumultuous period marked by an oil strike and nationalizations under the late president Hugo Chavez. In this interview, edited for length and clarity, Ramirez, now in exile in […]
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Venezuela Makes Multimillion-dollar Payment To Retain Citgo
(Houston Business Journal, Olivia Pulsinelli, 28.Nov.2018) — Houston-based refiner Citgo Holding Inc. will remain owned by Venezuela’s state-run oil company, PetrĂłleos de Venezuela SA, if PDVSA follows through with the terms of a settlement. According to multiple reports, the settlement will resolve an arbitration claim from Crystallex International Corp., a […]
Harvest Natural Announces 4Q:16 Results
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 6.Mar.2017) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced 2016 fourth quarter and year-end earnings. Harvest posted a fourth quarter 2016 net income of $100.6 million, or $9.00 per basic and diluted share, compared with a net loss of $73.2 million, or $5.70 per basic and diluted share, […]
Harvest Natural Resources Reports 3Q:16 Results
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 9.Nov.2016) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. reported a third quarter 2016 net loss of approximately $7.1 million, or $0.55 per diluted share, compared with net income of $5.7 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, for the same period last year. The third quarter results include exploration […]
Harvest Natural Resources Announces 1Q:16 Results
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 17.May.2016) — Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced 2016 first quarter earnings and provided an operational update. Harvest reported a first quarter net loss of approximately $14.1 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $5.6 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for […]
Harvest Receives Continued Notice Listing From NYSE
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 29.Apr.2016) — Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced that, on April 25, 2016, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) notified the company that it had fallen below the NYSE’s continued listing standards, which provide that an NYSE-listed company is not in compliance if its average global market […]
PetroDelta Generates $173.3 Mln in Revenue
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 7.Aug.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced second quarter 2015 earnings and provided an operational update. Harvest reported a 2Q:15 net loss of approximately $25.4 mln, or $0.60/share diluted, compared with a net loss of $1.7 mln, or $0.04/share diluted for the 2Q:14. The 2Q:15 results […]
Harvest Announces $32.2 Mln Funding
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 19.Jun.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced that CT Energy Holding SRL, a Venezuelan-Italian consortium, has agreed to purchase from Harvest senior secured notes, convertible notes and warrants. “CT Energy Holding’s funding addresses our liquidity requirements for the near and medium term and will enable us […]
Harvest Sets CAPEX at $265 Million
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 19.May.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources said that during the first quarter of 2015, Petrodelta drilled and completed four development wells and sold approximately 3.63 million barrels (MMbbls) for an average of approximately 40,377 barrels of oil per day (bo/d), a decrease of 6% over the first […]
Harvest Reports 1Q:15 Results
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 19.May.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. (HNR) reported a 1Q:15 net loss of approximately $5.6 million, or $0.13/share diluted, compared with a net loss of $8.0 million, or $0.19/share diluted, for the same period last year. The 1Q:15 results included exploration charges of $1.9 million, or […]
Harvest Receives Listing Notice from NYSE
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 18.Feb.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced that on February 13, 2015, the company received notification from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that it had fallen below the NYSE’s continued listing standard, which requires a minimum average closing price of $1 per share over 30 […]
Harvest Withdraws Venezuelan Arbitration Request
(Harvest Natural Resources, 29.Jan.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced that its affiliates, HNR Finance B.V. (Harvest BV) and Harvest Vinccler S.C.A. (HVSCA), have withdrawn without prejudice a Request for Arbitration (the Arbitration Request) against the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela before the International Centre for Settlement of […]
Harvest Files Arbitration Request Against Venezuela
(Harvest Natural Resources, 16.Jan.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced that its affiliates, HNR Finance B.V. (Harvest BV) and Harvest Vinccler S.C.A. (HVSCA), submitted a Request for Arbitration against the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) regarding Harvest BV’s […]
Harvest Terminates Venezuelan Deal
(Harvest Natural Resources, 2.Jan.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced that the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) between Petroandina Resources Corporation N.V. (Petroandina), Pluspetrol Resources Corporation B.V. (Pluspetrol), Harvest and HNR Energia B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harvest, for the purchase of Harvest’s remaining interests in Venezuela for a purchase price […]