(Oil Price)– A massive fire has erupted at a crude oil upgrader project in Venezuela after an explosion was heard near the distillation tower, workers on site and sources at state oil firm PDVSA told Reuters. The Petrocedeno project in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt, operational since 2000, was one of the four original projects in the heavy crude oil belt in the
(World Oil) – Chevron Corp., the only major U.S. oil company left in Venezuela, wants to remain in the sanctioned country for the long-term and sees a role in rebuilding its economy when the time is right. “The kinds of swings that you see in places like Venezuela are challenging but we play a long game,” Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth
(Investing) – HOUSTON -A U.S. judge has denied motions filed by Venezuela and Gold Reserve to disqualify him, a court officer and two advising firms overseeing an auction of shares in the parent of U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum, a court filing showed on Thursday. Toronto-listed miner Gold Reserve, which competed with a bid in the auction, and Citgo’s owner, Venezuela, accused firms
(Oil Price) – The fate of Citgo, the jewel in the crown of Venezuela’s PDVSA, may be decided by the end of this week. The Venezuelan state-owned oil company may lose its prized asset. The creditors that fueled the process that led to the auction for Citgo may be left with empty hands, as well. The U.S.-based refining company used to
(Oil Price)– Venezuela’s crude and fuel exports fell in July by some 10% from June to average 727,000 barrels per day (bpd), as Chevron and other partners of state oil firm PDVSA were waiting for U.S. authorizations to resume operations and exports that were prohibited in May. Venezuela also exported about 227,000 metric tons of oil by-products and petrochemicals last
(Oil Price)– Chevron will transfer part of the oil it produces in Venezuela to the Maduro government, Bloomberg has reported, citing unnamed sources. The deal follows the U.S. granting a sanction exemption to the supermajor so it could continue operating in Venezuela. The terms of the deal are similar to those of other international oil majors operating in Venezuela, Bloomberg’s
(BOE Report) – U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are snapping up higher volumes of Middle Eastern and South American crudes to offset the loss of Venezuelan and Mexican barrels, according to ship tracking data, a workaround solution that might be short-lived if the U.S. allows some sanctioned Venezuelan crude to return to the market. The shake-up in trade flows reflects a
(Investing) – Venezuelan state-run PDVSA’s oil sales abroad in 2024 stood at $17.52 billion, according to a results document seen by Reuters on Friday, as exports jumped due to U.S. licenses allowing foreign partners to operate in the sanctioned OPEC member. There are no comparative figures from previous years because PDVSA has not published its results since 2016, and it did
(Investing.com)– HOUSTON -A U.S. court has completed a second bidding round in a auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum after at least three consortia submitted revised bids in June, raising creditors’ hopes of receiving payment for some of Venezuela’s outstanding debt. The court-organized auction for the seventh-largest U.S. refiner stems from an eight-year-old case that Canadian
(Investing) – HOUSTON -A U.S. judge in Delaware has extended the schedule for a court-organized auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum, moving the sales process’s final hearing to August 18, according to a filing on Wednesday. The eight-year court case, aimed at compensating creditors for debt defaults and asset expropriations in Venezuela, has endured multiple delays.
(Oil Price) – Spain did not import any crude oil from Venezuela in April, ahead of a U.S. deadline in May for foreign operators to wind down operations in the South American country, official Spanish data showed on Friday. Earlier this year, Spain’s imports of crude oil from Venezuela jumped by nearly 60% in January and February compared to the same period of 2024. Spain’s
(BOE Report) – Venezuela’s oil exports remained almost unchanged last month as increased shipments to customers in China offset a decline in U.S.-authorized sales, according to vessel-tracking data and internal documents from state company PDVSA. The U.S. Treasury and State departments in March revoked the authorizations they had granted in recent years for PDVSA’s customers and partners to export oil
