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Oil Reserves in Venezuela
- By Oil and Gas Author
- Published 09/4/2006
- Crude Oil Petroleum , Natural Gas Petroleum , Exploration and Discoveries , Liquefied Natural Gas LNG , Oil Field Development , Environment and Pollution , Petroleum Pipeline
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View all articles by Oil and Gas AuthorAccording to PdVSA, Venezuela exported 2.03 million bbl/d of Oil and Petroleum products in 2003. The United States is the most important destination for these exports, receiving 68 percent of total oil exports in 2003, according to PdVSA export data and EIA import data; in addition, much of the oil that Venezuela exports to the Caribbean is later re-exported to the United States as refined products. In recent years, Venezuela has ranked consistently as one of the four top sources of U.S. petroleum imports, along with Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia. In 2004, Venezuela exported 1.53 million bbl/d of Crude Oil and refined products to the U.S., representing 11.8 percent of all U.S. oil imports. The U.S. Gulf Coast is the largest recipient of these imports, receiving 78 percent in 2004. In addition to being a major supplier to the United States, Venezuela also provides significant quantities of oil to its regional neighbors. Under the auspices of the San Jose Accord, Venezuela and Mexico provide eleven Central American and Caribbean nations (Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic) with crude oil and products under preferential terms. Venezuela also supplies Cuba with 78,000 bbl/d of oil on favorable financing terms under an agreement originally signed between President Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro in 2000.Recently, Venezuela has pushed the creation of regional oil initiatives for the Caribbean (Petrocaribe), the Andean region (Petroandino), and South America (Petrosur), and Latin America (Petroamerica). The initiatives include assistance for oil developments, investments in refining capacity, and preferential oil pricing. The most developed of these three is the Petrocaribe initiative, with 13 nations signing a preliminary agreement in 2005. Under Petrocaribe, Venezuela will offer crude oil and petroleum products to Caribbean nations under preferential terms and prices, with Jamaica as the first nation to sign on in August 2005. In April 2004, PdVSA completed the construction of a new oil export terminal at the eastern port of Jose, increasing the countrys crude oil export capacity by 230,000 bbl/d.
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