ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Mar.2026, Words: 46) — The US Office of Foreign Assets Control or OFAC issued general license no. 46B […]
Tag: PDVSA
PRESS DIGEST 12 MAR. 2026: Argentina Week; Colombian-Venezuelan pipeline; IADB funds
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Mar.2026, Words: 200) — The following briefs are the top stories from the top media outlets on 12 […]
EAI brief: Venezuela production averaged 903,000 b/d in Feb. 2026, according to OPEC data
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Mar.2026, Words: 103) — Venezuela’s production averaged 903,000 barrels per day (b/d) in Feb. 2026, up 9.7% […]
Delcy meets with hydrocarbons sector authorities from PDVSA to MENPET in Caracas
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 […]
ANALYSIS: David vs Goliath: Guyana and Venezuela race toward 1.5 MMb/d
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Mar.2026, Words: 732) — Two very different oil stories are converging on the same symbolic number: 1.5 […]
EAI brief: Venezuela strengthens energy space presence with new supply contracts
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Mar.2026, Words: 125) — State-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) signed supply contracts with oil and […]
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 […]
Venezuela’s Delcy requests creation of the Hydrocarbons Academic Council
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Feb.2026, Word: 415) — Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez led a meeting with over 230 business […]
Valero positioned to capitalize on improved access to Venezuelan market, according to EDA
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Feb.2026, Words: 443) — Valero Energy is positioning to capitalize on improved access to the Venezuelan […]
ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi says Venezuela can now pay for Perla gas with oil
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Feb.2026, Words: 181) — Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi stated that Venezuela can now pay for the natural […]
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EAI brief: Delcy Rodríguez mets with Shell representatives in Caracas [photo journal]
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Feb.2026, Words: 157) — Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez met with representatives of the British hydrocarbon company, […]
EAI brief: Chevron Corp. eyes growth in Argentina, Guyana and Venezuela
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Feb.2026, Words: 149) — Chevron Corporation eyes future production growth in Argentina, Guyana and Venezuela, according […]
Venezuela and Colombian authorities meet in Miraflores Palace to discuss bilateral relations
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Feb.2026, Words: 263) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez received Colombia’s minister from the Ministry of Mines […]
EAI brief: OFAC issues GL50A, says contract dispute resolutions to occur in the US
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Feb.2026, Words: 140) — The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued general license 50A, dated 18 […]
Opinion: Delcy’s red helmet … “PDVSA es roja rojita”
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Iván Freites Chirino, 15.Feb.2026, Words: 215) — The visit of the US secretary of energy Chris Wright to Venezuela confirms something obvious: […]
Delcy and US energy secretary Chris Wright tour Petropiar facilities in Venezuela
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Feb.2026, Words: 214) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez toured the Petropiar joint venture upgrading facilities of […]
Delcy Rodríguez and Chris Wright tour Petroindependencia in Venezuela’s Faja
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Feb.2026, Words: 232) — Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez and the US secretary of energy Christopher Wright […]
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 […]
EAI brief: Venezuela eyes production exceeding 1.5 MMb/d by YE:26
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Feb.2026, Words: 106) — Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez and the US secretary of energy Christopher Wright […]
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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. […]
Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuelan authorities mets with IOCs from Repsol to Maurel in Caracas
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Feb.2026, Words: 230) — Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez and other Venezuelan authorities met with executives from […]
Venezuela and 3 pillars to energy FDI, wealth distribution and reinvestments
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Feb.2026, Words: 307) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez said Venezuela’s “energy wealth is an engine of […]
EAI brief: OFAC issues GL no. 5U related to PDVSA 8.5% 2020 bonds
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Feb.2026, Words: 89) — Effective 2 Feb. 2026, general license no. 5T, dated 19 Dec. 2025, is replaced […]
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 […]
ANALYSIS: 7-point case for privatizing PDVSA to mobilize capital, technology, refocus goals
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Jan.2026, Words: 1,425) — Caracas-based Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), despite boasting its standing amongst largest state […]
ANALYSIS: building the initial case for privatizing Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jan.2026, Words: 1,200) — State-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) has long ranked among Latin America’s largest […]
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Venezuela approves partial reform of the Organic Hydrocarbons Law [photo journal]
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jan.2026, Words: 177) — Venezuela’s legislative branch of the National Assembly approved the partial reform of the […]
Geopolitics loom large over Big Oil earnings as investors seek Venezuela details
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Sheila Dang, Reuters , 29.Jan.2026, Words: 863) — Exxon Mobil and Chevron executives may face more questions about their investment opportunities in Venezuela than their […]
Fact sheet: Trump inks executive order to impose tariffs on countries that provide oil to Cuba
WASHINGTON, DC (By The White House, 29.Jan.2026, Words: 502) — Today, US president Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency and establishing […]
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 […]
Mexico’s Pemex reportedly cancels oil shipment to Cuba
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jan.2026, Words: 191) — Mexico City-based Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) canceled a shipment of crude oil to […]
BP interested in cross-border opportunities with Venezuela, company’s Trinidad head says
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (By Curtis Williams, Reuters 26.Jan.2026, Words: 309) — BP‘s head of Trinidad and Tobago said on Monday the oil and […]
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Opinion: The [Venezuelan] nationalization of oil is dead, long live capitalism!
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Iván Freites Chirino, 24.Jan.2026, Words: 414) — The state’s control of the hydrocarbon industry has come to an end, after 51 years […]
Venezuelan oil production exited Dec. 2025 around 1,200,000 b/d, Jorge Rodríguez says
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jan.2026, Words: 183) — Venezuela’s National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez, along with Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) […]
EAI brief: Venezuelan gasoline production covers domestic demand, Jorge Rodríguez says
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jan.2026, Words: 115) — The production of gasoline in Venezuela is sufficient to cover domestic demand. This, […]
Venezuela inks first deal to market LPG, Delcy Rodríguez says
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 242) — Venezuela has signed its first contract for the marketing of liquefied petroleum gas […]
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 […]
A short primer on the relationship between China-Venezuela
WASHINGTON, DC (By The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 13.Jan.2026, Words: 3,259) — A short primer on the relationship between Asia’s China and South […]
ANALYSIS: Venezuela’s 55,000 km2 Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt or Faja
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts with Ana Sanches and Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Jan.2026, Words: 400) — The Hugo Chávez Orinoco Heavy Oil […]
EAI brief: the insignificance of Venezuela’s 930 R/P ratio or 930 year reserve life index
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jan.2026, Words: 210) — Venezuela boasts crude oil reserves of 303 billion barrels, even surpassing reserves held […]
Short analysis: the problem with Venezuela’s nameplate 1.3 MMb/d refining capacity
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jan.2026, Words: 278) — Despite Venezuela’s claim to fame that it holds the world’s largest oil reserves, […]
EAI brief: uncertain headwinds still face foreign investors and FDI in Venezuela’s oil sector
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jan.2026, Words: 276) — Venezuela – a founding member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries or […]
Short analysis: Venezuelan oil infrastructure related risks and 4 things to consider
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jan.2026, Words: 250) — In the immediate aftermath of US military actions to remove Venezuela’s leader Nicolàs […]