PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Feb.2024, Words: 140) — Executives with state-owned PetrĂłleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and Chevron Venezuela supervised safety operations at the PDVSA Petropiar, S.A. joint venture as part of scheduled visits slated for 2024. Executives participating included the president of the board of directors […]
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Venezuela Crude Production, Exports Recover
(Argus, 1.Dec.2020) — Venezuelan state-owned PdV’s crude production and exports have recovered in recent weeks as China resumed direct loadings and a tanker deficit the company blames on US sanctions eased, according to PdV officials and internal reports seen by Argus. PdV’s crude exports jumped to around 500,000 b/d last […]
PdV Rolls Out New JV Presidents
(Argus, 4.May.2020) — Venezuela’s state-owned PdV rolled out the appointment of up to 26 new presidents of joint ventures that are mostly inactive. The appointments, some of whom may have been carryovers, are the latest manifestation of an industry shake-up led by new acting oil minister Tareck El Aissami. El […]
Chevron’s Venezuela Oil JVs Cut Fieldwork
(Reuters, 31.Mar.2020) — Chevron Corp’s joint ventures with Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela have cancelled service contracts and procurement processes in recent weeks, three people with knowledge of the matter said. Prices for many Latin American crude grades fell this week to the lowest in more than two […]
Petroboscán Advancing With Materials Warehouse
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 29.Feb.2020) — The Petroboscán joint venture, which partners Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation (CVP) and Chevron Corp., is advancing with a management and optimization project related to a materials warehouse in the Boscán field, located in the municipality of La Cañada de Urdaneta in Zulia state. Activities […]
Chevron Venezuela’s Exit To Aid Putin’s Russia
(S&P Global Platts, Brian Scheid and Rosemary Griffin, 17.Oct.2019) — Chevron is pushing back against the Trump administration’s plans to let the company’s Venezuela sanctions waiver expire, arguing such a move could ultimately drive oil production up, bolstering both the Maduro regime and Russia’s standing in the global market. “It’d […]
Guaido Says To Protect Chevron Assets In Venezuela
(Reuters, Luc Cohen) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he would seek to protect Chevron Corp’s assets in the country if the United States does not renew a license allowing the company to operate despite sanctions on the OPEC nation’s oil sector. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, […]