(Bloomberg, 11.Sep.2020) — Venezuela’s capacity to produce some much-needed gasoline and diesel of its own hinges on a single oil play. To tap it, the Nicolas Maduro regime is willing to cannibalize the country’s crumbling energy infrastructure to pay contractors with scrap metal. Unlike the tar-like crude from Venezuela’s Orinoco […]
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Jusepin Oil Region in Venezuela: 45 Seconds of Fame
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 17.Aug.2018) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado tours the Jusepin petroleum region in Venezuela. https://twitter.com/i/status/1030477377988710401 Jusepin is just one of many petroleum-rich areas in Venezuela, the country with the world’s largest oil reserves. ***
Venezuela Seeks to Boost Gas Supply by Reducing Flaring
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 15.Jun.2016) – Latin American oil producer Venezuela plans to increase the supply of natural gas in its domestic market by reducing flaring and using the once wasted resource as a raw material to supply its ailing petrochemical sector. Venezuela plans to increase domestic gas supply […]
Life in a Venezuelan Oil Camp: TĂo Conejo Meets Uncle Sam
(Harvard Review of Latin America, Miguel Tinker Salas, 14.Aug.2015) – I grew up in a Venezuelan oil camp. Ever since I can remember, I have heard both Spanish and English spoken all around me or conveyed through music or films. With my family, I ate traditional Venezuelan arepas, cachapas, carne […]