The Daily Journal. — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday endorsed the bilateral energy agreement with Venezuela, which gives Washington majority control over 17 strategic oil fields with proven potential of 65 billion barrels of reserves. “This agreement is a major win for both the American and Venezuelan people,” the top U.S. diplomat […]
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Reuters — Venezuela’s Ministry of Hydrocarbons has informed PDVSA’s partners that it intends to keep the July 28 deadline for migrating oil and gas contracts to the country’s new legal framework. The ministry has urged company executives to complete negotiations before that date, according to four sources. At the end of January, Venezuela’s National Assembly […]
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By Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief — Venezuela’s map of gas transportation projects reveals far more than a network of pipelines. It illustrates the scale of the challenge the country faces in transforming its vast natural gas resources into an efficient supply for households, industries, power plants, petrochemical complexes, and eventually, export markets. The first conclusion […]
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The Daily Journal — Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, signed the Regulations to the Organic Hydrocarbons Law on Wednesday, completing the legal reform launched earlier this year. The new rules could clear the way for agreements that Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (Pdvsa) reached in recent months with oil companies, commodity traders, and oilfield service providers […]
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