Senior U.S. official questioned over handling of Venezuelan oil funds meets Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas

The Daily Journal. — Caleb Orr, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met with Acting President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Wednesday. Two weeks earlier, members of the U.S. Congress questioned Orr about the management of revenue generated from the sale of Venezuelan oil. Caracas announced that Rodríguez held […]

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India’s state-owned OVL plans to resume oil operations in Venezuela despite hundreds of millions in unpaid dividends

The Daily Journal — ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL), the overseas arm of India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is developing a strategic plan to resume its crude oil production activities in Venezuela. The company continues to move forward with the initiative even though the Venezuelan State still owes more than $900 million in overdue […]

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U.S.-Owned Company Renegotiates Contract With Venezuela to Add 672 Megawatts to the Power Grid

Reuters — Energy company IMPSA has made progress in renegotiating a contract to develop and rehabilitate two key hydroelectric projects in Venezuela, a move that could add up to 672 megawatts of generating capacity to the national power grid in the coming months, company President Jorge Salcedo told Reuters. More than a decade ago, IMPSA—originally […]

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Venezuela Launches Technological Complex to Process Hydrocarbon Industry Data

The Daily Journal. — The Venezuelan government has launched a new technical infrastructure to centralize and safeguard strategic information related to the country’s energy resources. Interim President Delcy Rodríguez inaugurated the Hydrocarbon Technology and Data Management Center last Friday, a complex designed to strengthen sovereignty, data processing, and governance across the national oil, gas, and […]

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