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(Reuters) - Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA is in talks with local and foreign oilfield firms to hire equipment and services that would allow it to revive depressed output, sources close to the meetings said, after the U.S. relaxed sanctions on the country. The U.S. Treasury Department in October authorized for six months the production and export of Venezuelan... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Energy company Repsol's REP.MC adjusted net profit fell 27% year-on-year in the third quarter because of lower oil and gas prices, it said on Thursday, adding it would further diversify into renewables to offset fossil fuel volatility. The company reported an adjusted net profit of 1.1 billion euros ($1.16 billion). That was below the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The largest oilfield service firm, SLB, is planning a quick return to Venezuela's oilfields following the broad relaxation of U.S. sanctions on the country's oil industry, its chief executive said on Friday. The U.S. on Wednesday lifted most restrictions on Venezuela's oil industry for six months to produce, sell and export oil. The move temporarily... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The United States has granted an amendment requested by the government of Trinidad and Tobago to a license allowing the joint development of an offshore gas project with Venezuela, the Caribbean country's Energy Minister Stuart Young said on Tuesday. The amendment would allow payments in hard currency or in kind to Venezuela for any gas supplied by state-run... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) – Petrobras is studying how Chevron Corp. managed to resume operations in Venezuela to see if it makes sense for Brazil’s state-controlled oil company to reenter the oil-rich nation, Chief Executive Officer Jean Paul Prates said. It makes “geopolitical sense” for Petrobras to look at expanding into Venezuela and Bolivia because they are neighboring... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp (CVX.N) plans to add 65,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Venezuelan oil output by the end of 2024 through its first major drilling campaign in the nation since Washington allowed it to restore production clipped by U.S. sanctions, three people familiar with the matter said. The effort could help Venezuela keep lifting crude... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Shell and Trinidad and Tobago's National Gas Company (NGC) are close to agreeing to credit Venezuela's state-run oil firm for its $1 billion investment in a gas field the three want to jointly develop, four people close to the discussions said. If agreed, the move could help speed a long-stalled offshore development. The U.S. in January... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - European oil majors Eni (ENI.MI) and Repsol (REP.MC) plan to expand an oil-for-debt deal with Venezuela under U.S. approval, aiming to supply refined products to state firm PDVSA and boost oil deliveries to Europe, three people close to the matter said. As Western sanctions last year cut the flow of Russian oil to Europe, Eni and Repsol received... Continue Reading →
(OE) Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet on Tuesday for their first summit in 14 years. The meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) gathers heads of state from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Negotiations between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago to jointly develop an offshore gas field near the maritime border have hit a sticking point following Venezuela's refusal to accept the terms of a U.S. license, the Caribbean nation's Prime Minister Keith Rowley said on Thursday. The United States in January issued a two-year license allowing... Continue Reading →
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