(Investing) – HOUSTON – A U.S. judge overseeing an auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum on Monday agreed to reopen a data room to allow potential buyers to prepare new bids, a court document showed. Judge Leonard Stark ordered the data room to be opened on Wednesday after listening to creditors in the case urge a new
(World Oil) – Jindal Power Ltd. is walking away from a venture that would have operated an oil-processing facility for Venezuela’s state-controlled crude producer, according to people familiar with the matter. India’s Jindal is exiting the deal under which it would have overseen one of Petroleos de Venezuela’s key installations for producing and processing heavy-crude oil for export, said the people, who
Yahoo Finance Trinidad and Tobago’s High Court reaffirmed on Thursday a decision recognizing U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips’ arbitration claim against Venezuela, which could freeze the Caribbean country’s payments to its neighbor for joint natural gas projects. In late May, the court’s original decision opened the door for ConocoPhillips to enforce in that country a $1.33 billion claim against Venezuela for
Oil Price Venezuela’s president, Nicolas, Maduro, has accepted a U.S. proposal for a new round of talks on local policies and the future of U.S. oil sanctions on Caracas. “I have received the proposal during two continuous months from the United States government to reestablish talks and direct dialogue,” Maduro said on Venezuelan television, as quoted by the Associated Press “After thinking
Oil Price The court officer who oversees the auction of Venezuela’s PDV Holding, the parent company of refiner Citgo Petroleum, has asked a Delaware court to postpone the hearing on the winning bids by two months until September 19, to have more time to evaluate the bids and negotiate a sales agreement. The deadline for submitting binding bids for Citgo’s
Oil Price U.S. officials and lawmakers have recently met with Venezuelan opposition politicians and supervisors of state-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum, as Venezuela seeks to pause an ongoing court-ordered auction of shares, sources close to the discussions have told Reuters. The sale process of shares to pay creditors and claimants against Venezuela’s oil asset appropriation and debts owed by Citgo was launched by a
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. formally approved its sixth oil development offshore Guyana that will make the Latin American nation a bigger crude producer than OPEC member Venezuela. The Whiptail project will cost $12.7 billion and produce about 250,000 bpd as soon as the end of 2027, Exxon said in a statement Friday. Guyana’s overall daily crude capacity
Oil Price BP and Venezuela are jointly discussing the development of a gas field in Trinidad and Tobago, which the island nation shares with Venezuela. “BP can confirm that it is in discussions with the government of Trinidad and Tobago and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the potential development of gas resources in the Manakin-Cocuina field,” the supermajor said
US News HOUSTON/MIAMI (Reuters) -The highest bid received in a U.S. auction of shares that will decide the fate of Venezuela-owned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum was $7.3 billion, enough to cover only a third of court-approved claims, two people familiar with the matter said. A federal court in Delaware is auctioning the shares of a parent of Venezuela’s foreign crown
Yahoo News PUNTO FIJO/CARACAS/HOUSTON – Iran and Venezuela are trying to patch together an oil alliance that began to fray last year, according to six people familiar with the matter, after the South American country fell behind on oil swaps that had boosted crude exports and helped stem domestic fuel shortages. The expected April return of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras sent a team of production specialists to Venezuela at the request of Nicolás Maduro, whose administration is welcoming oil majors despite U.S. sanctions threats on its oil industry. The Petrobras delegation visited oil fields in Lake Maracaibo this week in what people familiar with the matter described as a courtesy trip.
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Venezuelan oil production at a four-year high is expected to decline quickly if the US follows through on threats to reinstate sanctions on the nation. The Biden administration on Tuesday said sanctions relief to Venezuela’s oil and gas sector will be allowed to expire on April 18, unless the government holds free and fair presidential elections.
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