(Argus, 7.Dec.2020) â Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly named another oil industry veteran to chair a shadow board of Venezuela’s national oil company PdV. The key appointment comes on the eve of tomorrow’s disputed National Assembly elections that are widely expected to cement the power of President Nicolas Maduro. The US-backed […]
Tag: Luis Pacheco
Does Venezuela Need A New Hydrocarbon Law? Webinar
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Nov.2020) â Does Venezuela need a new organic hydrocarbons law? Thatâs the question to be addressed on 5 November 2020 by four Venezuelan oil sector officials in a Zoom webinar. The panel will include Luis Pacheco, Francisco Monaldi, Luis Stefanelli and Elias Matta. __________ By Piero Stewart. […]
PdV Ad Hoc Chairman Joins Opposition Flight
(Argus, 9.Sep.2020) â 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 US-backed parallel administration led by Juan Guaido. Luis Pacheco, who was named in April 2019, has focused his board efforts […]
Politics Entangling Exile PdV Board
(Argus, 1.Jul.2020) â An “ad hoc” board of state-owned PdV that is a key part of US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido’s parallel administration is running into political resistance in the run-up to National Assembly elections in early December. Ten deputies in the opposition-controlled assembly withheld support for three board appointments […]
Q&A: PdV Exile Board Has âLeversâ To Keep Citgo
(Argus, 28.May.2020) â 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 leader Juan Guaido, Pacheco and other key members of Guaido’s team are fighting to keep the company’s US refining arm […]