PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Mar.2026, Words: 153) — Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez met with authorities from the country’s hydrocarbons sector […]
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OPINION: Rafael Ramirez comments Venezuela’s hydrocarbon law, pending fall in royalty income
EUROPE (By Rafael Ramirez, former Venezuelan oil minister and former PDVSA president, 2.Mar.2026, Words: 1,400) — The reform by Venezuela’s National Assembly “violates [Venezuela’s] sovereignty […]
EAI brief: Venezuela seeking to certify gas reserves, bragging rights
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Mar.2026, Words: 145) — Energy-rich Venezuela, which possesses the world’s largest oil reserves, with at least 300 […]
EAI brief: US secretary of energy Wright arrives in Caracas to further Trump’s energy deal
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Feb.2026, Words: 168) — US Department of Energy head Chris Wright reaches Caracas on a mission to […]
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OFAC issues general licenses related to Venezuela [3 PDF downloads]
WASHINGTON, DC (By OFAC, 10.Feb.2026, Words: 62) — The Department of the Treasury‘s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing Venezuela general license 48, “authorizing […]
S&P outlook: Venezuela and the global oil market
WASHINGTON, DC (By S&P, 9.Feb.2026, Words: 923) — Recent weeks have produced developments in international oil politics that would once have been expected to rattle […]
EAI commentary, talking points, and concluding points around privatizing Venezuela’s PDVSA
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Feb.2026, Words: 743) — Energy Analytics Institute’s case for the privatization of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. […]
Chrysopigi Lady sets sail from Venezuela with initial LPG shipment
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Feb.2026, Words: 253) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez announced that the Chrysopigi Lady vessel set sail […]
EAI analysis: approval of Venezuela’s Organic Hydrocarbons Law in first reading
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jan.2026, Words: 440) — It’s official: the reform to Venezuela’s Organic Hydrocarbons Law was approved by the […]
ANALYSIS: Venezuela, Siembra Petrolera and Chávez’ 235 bn bbl Faja incorporation goal
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 370) — Stepping back in time, in Aug. 2006, Venezuela’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum […]
ANALYSIS: Exxon, ConocoPhillips and Chávez’ nationalization decree of 2005
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 176) — For what it’s worth, Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chávez announced a nationalization decree […]
ANALYSIS: Venezuela’s sleeping giant … natural gas for export via pipelines or as LNG
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 1,448) — Venezuela, with its large conventional and unconventional crude oil reserve base, was a […]
ANALYSIS: a look at Machado’s vision, seemingly inherited by Trump, for Venezuela
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jan.2026, Words: 997) — A few years back, the recent Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Venezuela’s leading […]
EAI brief: Venezuela’s Mariscal Sucre projects fields and production potential
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jan.2026, Words: 150) — Venezuela’s Mariscal Sucre project offshore comprises 4 fields: Dragón, Patao, Mejillones and Río […]
Venezuela grants Dragon gas field license
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Dec.2023) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) and Shell were granted a license for […]
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The lifting of sanctions and the oil collapse of Venezuela [PDF download]
(Rafael Ramírez, 16.Nov.2023) — On 18 Oct., the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)[1] issued Licenses 43 and 44,[2] lifting the sanctions on the Venezuelan oil and mining sector […]
Venezuela: On the Exercise of Hydrocarbon Extraction Activities
(Contributor, Adaelizabeth Omaira Guerrero Rodríguez, 18.Sep.2023) — The hydrocarbons industry constitutes the main resource of Venezuela, therefore, the study of this area should be the […]
Italy Top Court: Venezuela’s Ex-oil Czar Can’t be Extradited
(AP, 28.Jan.2022) — Italy’s highest court confirmed Friday that Venezuela’s former oil czar cannot be extradited to face corruption charges at home because of his […]
NRGBriefs: ANP Resolution, Ramirez Extradition Request
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Sep.2021) — Energy briefs from the LAC region including: Brazil’s ANP approving a resolution to regulate a reduction in royalties, a court […]
Rome Court Rejects Extradition Bid For Ex-Oil Czar
(AP, 20.Sep.2021) — A Rome court has rejected a request by Venezuela to extradite its former oil czar to face corruption charges, citing the country’s […]
Venezuela Supports Three Month Opec Extension
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Nov.2020) — Opec producer Venezuela continues to support a three month extension of production levels of 7.7 million barrels per day. “Venezuela […]
Does Venezuela Need A New Hydrocarbon Law? Webinar
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Nov.2020) — Does Venezuela need a new organic hydrocarbons law? That’s the question to be addressed on 5 November 2020 by four […]
Case Against Venezuela’s Oil Minister Hits Another Snag
(AP, 3.Nov.2020) — The prosecution of Venezuela’s Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami for violating U.S. sanctions has run into another snag after a federal judge […]
Former PDVSA Head Criticizes Anti-Blockade Law
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Oct.2020) — The former president of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Rafael Ramírez, criticized Venezuela’s Anti-Blockade Law, which was approved by the country’s […]
Venezuela to Continue in Defense of Oil Market Equilibrium
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 29.Sep.2018) — Venezuela’s Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo announced the South American country would continue to seek equilibrium in the petroleum […]
Former PDVSA Director Detained in Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 17.Aug.2018) – A former PDVSA director has been detained and accused of money laundering. Luis Abraham Bastidas Ramírez, the cousin […]
PDVSA President Says Venezuela Production Stabilized
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.Aug.2018) – PDVSA President Manuel Quevedo assured that Venezuelan crude oil production had stabilized. Quevedo, who also serves as Venezuela’s […]
Venezuela Facing Compounding Oil Woes
(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 10.Aug.2018) – Though it holds the largest reserves of oil in the world, production levels put it only in the middle […]
Venezuela’s Oil Ministry Has New Website
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 29.Jun.2018) – Venezuela’s Oil Ministry launched its new website and promotional video regarding the same. 🇻🇪🌐 #WEB | Desde @MinPetroleoVE […]
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 […]