BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Feb.2025) — YPF S.A. completed the sale of all the shares of its Brazilian subsidiary YPF Brasil [more…]
Tag: Tareck El Aissami
Lightning Strike and Fire Didn’t Impact RPLC: El Aissami
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Sep.2022) — A lightning strike at the oxidation and water treatment lagoon of PDVSA’s Puerto La Cruz Refinery on 19 September 2022 [more…]
OPEC’s Mohammad Barkindo Visits Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.May.2022) — OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo arrived in Caracas, Venezuela, on 6 May 2022 for a [more…]
Iranian Oil Minister Meets Venezuela’s President Maduro in Caracas
(AFP, 3.May.2022) — Iran’s oil minister has paid an official visit to ally Venezuela to meet President Nicolas Maduro and discuss ways to “overcome” the [more…]
Venezuela and Iran to Deepen Oil and Defense Ties
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.May.2022) — Venezuela’s Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami held a working meeting in Caracas with his Iranian counterpart Javad Owji to discuss [more…]
Venezuela and Russia Ink Deals to Boost Ties
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Feb.2022) — Venezuela and Russia signed an agreement of intent aimed at strengthening strategic alliances and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries [more…]
Venezuela’s Maduro Eyes 2 MMb/d Mark in 2022 [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2022) — Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, during his 15 January 2022 annual address to the nation, said the OPEC country’s oil production [more…]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela’s Oil Minister El Aissami Says He’s Fine
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including EP PetroEcuador announcing it has sufficient fuel supplies at all its terminals despite transport issues impacting Ecuador’s [more…]
No Change Afoot At Venezuela’s Oil Ministry: Sources
(Argus, 10.Dec.2021) — Venezuela’s oil minister Tareck El Aissami returned to work this week after a prolonged medical leave and will not be replaced, a [more…]

NRGBriefs: Trinidad To Reveal Ryder Scott Details
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Argentina aspiring to produce 1 MMb/d in five yrs; Trinidad and Tobago looking to reveal details of [more…]
PDVSA Restarts Drilling Campaign Suspended Since 2019
(S&P Global, 29.Jun.2021) — In the second half of the year, Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA will restart the drilling of oil wells while intensifying work to [more…]
Venezuela Oil Czar Says Output To Skyrocket, Sanctions Be Damned
(Bloomberg, 21.Jun.2021) — In Venezuela, waiting in line at a gas station — sometimes for days — has become so routine that it’s hard to [more…]
LatAm Briefs: Russia, Venezuela Boost Ties; YPF Meeting
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Russia and Venezuela strengthening their cooperation and Argentina’s state oil [more…]
Venezuela Disrupts Plan To Attack Refinery
(Reuters, 11.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami said on Friday that authorities had disrupted a plan to attack Venezuela’s 146,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) El Palito [more…]
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 [more…]
60 Vehicles Dispatched To Paraguana Refining Complex
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Nov.2020) — Venezuela’s state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) dispatched 60 vehicles to the Paraguaná Refining Center (CRP by its Spanish [more…]
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 [more…]
Venezuela Aims To Reopen Some 1,571 Petrol Stations
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Oct.2020) — Venezuela plans to initiate activities at 1,571 petrol stations across the country starting 5 October 2020 as part of a [more…]
Treasury Targets Sanctions Evasion Network Supporting Corrupt Venezuelan Actors
(US Department of Treasury, 18.Jun.2020) — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and eight foreign [more…]
Venezuela Rolls Out Two-tiered Fuel Pricing
(Argus, 1.Jun.2020) — A two-tiered gasoline pricing system rolled out by Venezuela today maintains generous subsidies for limited volumes but allows private-sector operators to charge [more…]
Venezuela, In Historic Shift, Scales Back Fuel Subsidy
(WSJ, 31.May.2020) — The regime of Nicolás Maduro, grappling with intense gasoline shortages, said it will scale back its longstanding fuel subsidy and privatize service [more…]
Maduro Sends Iranian Oil To Cuba
(Panam Post, 27.May.2020) — A Cuban vessel arrived in Venezuela to allegedly provide the island gasoline that has just arrived from Iran. According to the [more…]
Iranian Tanker Fortune Reaches Venezuela Waters
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.May.2020) — The first of five Iranian tankers carrying gasoline and fuel additives, Fortune, has made it to Venezuela’s Exclusive [more…]
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, [more…]
Is PDVSA Abandoning Its Socialist Agenda?
(Oilprice.com, 29.Apr.2020) — Venezuela seems to be changing tactics when it comes to managing its oil resources. PDVSA is considering a major industry reform that [more…]
Venezuela Floats Lean PdV With Russia Unit
(Argus, 27.Apr.2020) — The two Maduro loyalists who have been effectively running Venezuela’s national oil industry for two months were officially appointed today as acting [more…]
Venezuela Launches Special Fuel Supply Plan
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 3.Apr.2020) — Venezuela’s state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) activated a Special Fuel Supply Plan to counter a [more…]
Venezuela Committee Asks VPs To Offer Resignations
(Reuters, 22.Feb.2020) — Members of a committee tasked with overhauling Venezuelan state oil firm Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., or PDVSA, asked the company’s vice presidents [more…]
Venezuela Promises Another Oil Revival
(Argus, 20.Feb.2020) — Venezuela’s embattled government is vowing to overhaul the national oil industry one day after the US administration sanctioned the Russian trading company [more…]
Maduro Taps VP To ‘Restructure’ Oil Sector
(Reuters, 19.Feb.2020) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday he would create a presidential commission to restructure the country’s beleaguered oil industry, which will [more…]
Maduro’s PDVSA Shake Up Amid Oil Emergency
(Bloomberg, 19.Feb.2020) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro declared an “energy emergency” as he announced a commission to revamp state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA, [more…]