Venezuela’s Oil Revival Is Slower Than the U.S. Hoped
More than half a year after the U.S. captured and extracted Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela, the biggest American oil firms haven’t returned to operating oilfields in the world’s largest oil reserves holder.
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- Fact 1: Pacific Coast Energy has more than 30 years of heavy crude expertise and has already raised $800 million in equity, debt, and trade finance to fund initial operations in Venezuela, it said.
- Fact 2: The dynasty claims $2 billion in losses due to what they say was an illegal process to revoke their rights to the oilfields and transfer them to Pacific Coast Energy Company.
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More than half a year after the U.S. captured and extracted Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela, the biggest American oil firms haven’t returned to operating oilfields in the world’s largest oil reserves holder.
Chevron, which has operated in Venezuela throughout Maduro’s reign, is extracting and exporting oil to the U.S., but neither ExxonMobil nor ConocoPhillips have returned as negotiations led by Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA are not progressing as fast as the U.S. Administration probably thought in January when it extracted Maduro and hailed the big U.S. return to Venezuela’s oil industry.
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Original source: OilPrice.com
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