Friday, September 7, 2018

Venezuela Wants To Overhaul State Oil Firm PDVSA


Venezuela has set up a commission that will be working to reshuffle and reorganize its state oil firm PDVSA in the next few months, according to the country’s Official Gazette on Thursday, in what would be the latest Venezuelan attempt to show that it is trying to revitalize its dying oil industry. According to OPEC’s secondary sources, Venezuela’s oil production in July dropped to below the 1.3-million-bpd mark—at 1.278 million bpd, plunging 47,700 bpd from June. This compares with an average of 2.154 million bpd in 2016, and an average of 1.911 million bpd in 2017. Some analysts expect Venezuela’s production to fall to below 1 million bpd by the end of this year. Venezuela has been claiming lately that it plans to raise its oil production. More…

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