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(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 (ESG) initiatives. Information contained in this release highlights the company’s progress in 2019 consistent with the accompanying report, as well […]
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Citgo Board Chairwoman Luisa Palacios To Step Down
(Citgo, 29.Sep.2020) — Citgo Petroleum chairwoman Luisa Palacios says she’ll step down from her position next month. Her letter follows: Dear CITGO community, When I agreed to assume the role of Chairwoman of CITGO in early 2019, the situation required us to focus our attention on three critical goals: to […]
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 lower of cost or market (LCM) inventory adjustment discussed further below. During the same period, Citgo reported EBITDA of $203 […]
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 included successful debt refinancing, credit ratings upgrades, increased refining capacity and strengthened corporate governance measures. The report was released in […]
Barreiro, Laprea-Bigott, Jordá Named To Citgo Board
(Citgo, 15.Jul.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation Board of Directors announced today that Pablo PĂ©rez Barreiro, Marcelo Laprea-Bigott and Carlos Jordá have been named to the Board of Directors. “Pablo PĂ©rez Barreiro brings decades of experience in organizational management and Marcelo Laprea-Bigott comes to the Board with deep technical expertise in […]
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 of special items. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic combined with crude oil demand destruction were drivers behind the company’s […]
Angel Olmeta To Retire From Citgo Petroleum BODs
(Citgo, 2.Apr.2020) — The Citgo Petroleum Corporation Board of Directors and the Citgo President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Jordá, announced today that Angel Olmeta is retiring from the Board, effective Thursday, April 2, 2020. Angel had a long and successful career in the Venezuelan and international oil industry, occupying […]
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 of Legal & Government Affairs, a role he has held since October 2019. As Citgo’s new Chief Compliance & Ethics […]
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 2019 at a meeting at Citgo headquarters in Houston. The report included net income of $270 million for the first […]
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 a stable outlook. While S&P has reaffirmed its long-term issuer credit rating on both entities at B-; it also announced […]
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 outlined three main objectives for the company: improving financial and operational stability; protecting assets; and enhancing corporate governance. After only […]
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 a year earlier, hit by a broad slump for the refining industry as well as complications from U.S. sanctions on […]
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 process that began earlier this year. Mr. Jorda has deep knowledge of Citgo and its stakeholders based on his previous […]
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 expert and native Venezuelan to run a company facing legal attacks and working under U.S. sanctions against parent Petroleos de […]
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 the eighth-largest U.S. refiner, Citgo Petroleum Corp. A lawsuit filed by Maduro’s representatives on Tuesday in Delaware Chancery Court seeks […]
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 executives from PDVSA and other companies soon to be submitted to the board. In February, former CEO Asdrubal Chavez and […]
Fact Sheet: Citgo Petroleum’s Three US Refineries
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 17.Feb.2019) — Houston-based Citgo Petroleum has three refineries located in the U.S. in Corpus Christi, Texas; Lake Charles, Louisiana; and Lemont, Illinois. What follows is a summary of each, according to official Citgo data. CORPUS CHRISTI Since our modest beginning in the mid-1930s, when our […]
Oil Analyst Speak at IESA Energy Forum
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Aug.2013) – Energy sector analyst from Medley to Harvard Kennedy spoke at an energy forum at IESA in Caracas. Quote highlights from the forum follow: Comments from Luisa Palacios Director for Latin America, Medley Global Adviser regarding Mexico’s energy reform: “We expect to see positive […]