From Reuters Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he would seek to protect Chevron Corp’s (CVX.N) 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. The Trump administration slapped sanctions on state oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] in January as part of
From Reuters VIENNA — Venezuela will stick to its plan of blending domestic and foreign crude to maintain and even increase oil production and exports in the face of sanctions prohibiting U.S. companies from buying the country’s oil, oil minister Manuel Quevedo said on Tuesday. State-run oil company PDVSA in June began tests to focus exports almost entirely on the
From Bloomberg American unit of PDVSA has pledged full cooperation with probe, Businessman last week admitted to bribery for contracts Citgo Petroleum Corp. received a subpoena from the Department of Justice stemming from an investigation into bribery in Venezuela, indicating that the U.S. government is finally turning its attention to the company after years of prosecuting individuals. The subpoena was handed
From gCaptain/Reuters German shipping firm Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has moved to legally detain three of Venezuelan PDVSA’s oil tankers to collect on late payments owed to it by the state-run oil company, according to a document seen by Reuters and sources close to the decision. PDVSA has struggled for years to pay its bills due to falling crude output
From Reuters Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA expects its crucial crude upgraders to operate well below capacity this month, according to industry sources and documents seen by Reuters, as U.S. sanctions and energy blackouts hit the OPEC nation’s oil industry. Venezuela depends on the upgraders, which are mostly operated by joint ventures with foreign companies, to convert the extra-heavy crude
From Reuters Venezuela must pay ConocoPhillips more than $8 billion to compensate for the 2007 expropriation of oil assets by the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, the World Bank ruled on Friday, making the U.S. energy company the largest victor in claims stemming from nationalizations in the OPEC country. The company may have to fight to collect. Venezuela has balked
Move cuts off Venezuela’s main cash source The U.S. government announced sanctions on Venezuela’s PDVSA today, marking a major increase in the administration’s pressure campaign against Maduro’s regime. While the U.S. has sanctioned many individuals involved in Venezuela’s government, it has historically been reluctant to directly sanction PDVSA. This reluctance is largely because, despite the diplomatic hostility between the two
From Reuters France’s Maurel & Prom will invest $400 million to acquire a 40 percent stake in a Venezuela oilfield joint venture called Petroregional del Lago, state oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] President Manuel Quevedo said on Monday. Maurel & Prom said in a December statement it had agreed to pay 70 million euros ($80.5 million) to buy the stake from
From Bloomberg New rules forcing ships to use cleaner marine fuels may deal yet another blow to cash-strapped Petroleos de Venezuela SA, an exporter of high-sulfur fuel oil. From Jan. 1, 2020, vessels will have to switch to less-polluting bunker fuel or be fitted with equipment to curb emissions, under new International Maritime Organization rules. That’s expected to weaken demand for the high-sulfur
From Reuters Venezuela is considering producing fuels from foreign crude oil for the first time, according to planning documents seen by Reuters, as the country struggles to meet its obligations despite having the world’s largest crude reserves. State-run oil company PDVSA may process up to 57,000 barrels per day (bpd) of foreign crude in June at the country’s largest refinery,
PDVSA may transfer 49.9% claim as part of debt settlement Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft may end up owning U.S. downstream operator CITGO if Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA is unable to pay back dues on a $1.5 billion loan from the Russian company. A 49.9% stake of CITGO, which is owned by PDVSA’s U.S. subsidiary, was used as collateral in December
Default would be catastrophic for Venezuela From Stratfor Venezuela’s state-run oil and natural gas company, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), has been ailing for some time. Low oil prices and political disarray have made it difficult for PDVSA to repay its debts, but the government has managed to do so by contracting food imports. The fate of the company has far-reaching implications for the country’s
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