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Venezuela arrests senior executive of PDVSA subsidiary in corruption probe
Venezuelan authorities on Thursday announced they have arrested a senior executive of a subsidiary of state oil firm PDVSA in…
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PDVSA barred from Caribbean oil storage facility over unpaid bills
Venezuela’s troubled state oil firm PDVSA has been blocked from using an oil storage facility over unpaid bills owed to…
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Venezuela arrests a PDVSA regional boss and eight other employees
Venezuelan authorities have arrested a top man in state oil firm PDVSA along with eight other executives at the company,…
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Rosneft loans PDVSA $1.02bn and pledges to continue Venezuela investments
Russian oil giant Rosneft has given Venezuela’s beleaguered state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) a $1.02bn advance payment,…
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US mulls ban on selling oil to Venezuela
The US on Monday was considering sanctions on Venezuela that could include a ban on sales of US crude and…
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PDVSA moves to reassure foreign partners that their investments are safe from nationalization
Venezuela’s state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) said it is guaranteeing the legal security of foreign investors in…
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US considers sanctions on PDVSA and Venezuela’s energy sector
The US government is considering imposing sanctions on Venezuela’s energy sector, an essential element of the economy that includes huge…
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PDVSA has resumed shipping crude oil to Cuba
Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA resumed shipping exports of light crude oil to Cuba in March, according to Reuters citing…
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US Court prevents seized oil rigs case from moving forward against Venezuelan government
The US Supreme Court on Monday sided with the government of Venezuela when it said litigant Helmerich & Payne International…
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Sovcomflot takes PDVSA to court over missing $30m charter fees
Sovcomflot has gone to court over a charter dispute with struggling state run Venezuelan energy firm PDVSA. Reuters is reporting…
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PDVSA steps up fuel orders, fleet of vessels on the way
Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has sharply stepped up its tendering for gasoline and other fuels,…
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Crude spill from pipeline near Venezuela’s main oil export terminal
A rupture in a pipeline caused a crude oil spill at Venezuela’s main terminal but the state oil and gas…
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Shell to build 17km gas pipeline from Venezuelan offshore field to platform off Trinidad
Royal Dutch Shell is to build a 17km pipeline from Venezuela’s shallow-water Dragon gas field to the Hibiscus platform off…
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Cash-strapped PDVSA tankers stranded
State-backed Venezuelan oil and gas concern PDVSA is in dire trouble. Having skirted close to bankruptcy last year, Reuters is now reporting…
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Oil spill halts shipping at PDVSA’s terminal in Jose
An oil spill has caused shipping operations to be halted at three docks of Venezuela’s main crude exporting port, according…
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Trinidad and Venezuela sign deal on offshore natural gas
Trinidad and Tobago has signed a deal with Venezuela whereby the Caribbean islands will process and sell natural gas from…
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Venezuela halts petroleum coke exports after burning cargo detected
Exports of petroleum coke from Venezuela’s state-owned Petro San Felix terminal were halted because of burning cargo detected on a…
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Court approves injunction against investigation of missing billions at PDVSA
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has approved an injunction against a congressional investigation into the alleged disappearance of $11bn at state oil…
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Former PDVSA chief Ramirez rejects claim of missing billions as “lies”
The former president of Venezuela’s troubled oil firm PDVSA has rejected accusations from a government commission that the state oil…
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PDVSA cannot account for $11bn over ten-year period
Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela SA) cannot account for $11bn between 2004 and 2014 a government commission…
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