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PDVSA leases two secondhand Suezmax tankers from Greek broker

August 24, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has leased two secondhand oil tankers owned by a Greek broker, maritime sources said on Wednesday, and it plans to rent another...

Valero lands Latam’s biggest fuel deal of year

August 24, 2021 at 4:09 p.m.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Valero Energy won the biggest fuel tender for Latin America so far this year on Tuesday and will send 14.25 million barrels of ultra low sulfur diesel...

Chronology: Pump collapse, leak caused Venezuela refinery blast

August 24, 2021 at 3:05 p.m.

(Reuters) - State-run oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela's 645,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Amuay refinery is struggling to recover from a 2012 explosion that killed 47 people in one of the world's...

Exclusive – Malaysia’s Petronas exiting Venezuela crude project: sources

August 24, 2021 at 3:10 p.m.

HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - Malaysian oil company Petronas is exiting one of the biggest petroleum projects in Venezuela's Orinoco belt after disagreements with state-run PDVSA, sources close to the venture told...

Exclusive: Venezuela to maintain oil industry framework under Maduro

August 24, 2021 at 12:36 a.m.

CARACAS - Venezuela will maintain its oil industry tax and legal framework under the leadership of acting President Nicolas Maduro, the OPEC nation's oil minister said on Friday to reassure...

Venezuela shows Chavez photos, says he has trouble speaking

May 13, 2019 at 11:16 p.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela published the first photos of cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez since his surgery in Havana more than two months ago and said the socialist president was breathing through...

Exclusive: Venezuela seeks $4 billion China loan, $2 billion Chevron credit – sources

August 23, 2021 at 10:29 p.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government and state oil company PDVSA are in urgent talks over a long-expected $6 billion in loans from China and U.S. energy giant Chevron that would...

Venezuela lawmakers elect Chavez ally as Assembly chief

August 22, 2019 at 7:59 a.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan lawmakers re-elected a staunch ally of Hugo Chavez to head the National Assembly on Saturday, putting him in line to be caretaker president if the socialist...

Chavez allies sweep Venezuela vote, but Capriles holds seat

August 22, 2019 at 7:34 a.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Allies of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez swept to victory by taking nearly all of Venezuela's 23 states in elections on Sunday, but Henrique Capriles consolidated his position...

Exclusive: Venezuela Amuay refinery operations seen normal by year-end

August 23, 2021 at 5:22 p.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's 645,000 barrel per day (bpd) Amuay refinery should be operating normally at about 500,000 bpd by year-end once it finishes repairs to a distillation unit damaged...

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