John Bolton: “Big difference” if “US oil companies invest in & produce oil in Venezuela”

February 4, 2019By Andy RowellBlog Post, Featured, News

What is being forgotten in the fight between Maduro and Guaido is that whoever wins, the impetus on the victor will be on maximising output from the country’s oil reserves to help alleviate the country’s crippling economic problems. Because much of this is heavy oil, it is extremely carbon intensive to produce. And that can only be bad news for the climate.

Exxon, Conoco Drop Venezuela Oil Projects

June 27, 2007By Andy RowellBlog Post

Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips have decided to abandon their heavy crude oil projects in eastern Venezuela rather than cede majority ownership and operating control to the government. Yesterday was the deadline set by President Hugo Chavez for the six foreign owners of four mega-projects in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt region to agree to terms of turning … Read More