Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief.— Venezuela’s offshore gas map is being redrawn. Chevron transferred its licenses in Blocks 2 and 3 of the Deltana Platform — home to the Loran and Macuira gas fields — to Pdvsa in exchange for strengthening its position in the Orinoco Belt’s heavy crude sector. Weeks later, BP moved into that […]
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The Daily Journal.— Venezuela authorized the transfer of a stake held by PDVSA Gas to a consortium comprising Britain’s BP, the UAE’s XRG and Qatar’s UCC Oil and Gas Holding to advance the exploration and production of non-associated natural gas in the Lorán Field, located in Block 2 of the Deltana Platform. The parties formalized […]
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The Daily Journal. — Energy company Shell has launched the bidding process to hire drilling services for the Dragon gas field project in eastern Venezuela. Sources familiar with the process told Reuters that the plan calls for drilling four wells in the area beginning in the second quarter of 2027. The sources said Shell expects […]
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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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