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The Lorán gas licence gives bp, XRG and UCC equal shares in four trillion cubic feet of Venezuelan gas, under sanctions rules rewritten in February.
US-backed Venezuela transition talks begin August 1 with a joint National Assembly–opposition agenda. María Corina Machado is excluded from the initial framework.
The World Bank estimates direct physical damage from Venezuela's June earthquakes at US$19.6 billion, with reconstruction...
An IDB technical mission arrived in Caracas on July 22, its first Venezuela visit in 7...
El Niño 2026 is back: NOAA sees rising odds of a hotter, drier year for Latin...
The Venezuela economic emergency decree hands Delcy Rodriguez 60 days of exceptional powers. What it does, and how...
PDVSA diluent imports from the US are key to shipping Venezuela's extra-heavy crude. Learn how OFAC GL 47...
Venezuela gold worth about US$4 billion sits frozen at the Bank of England. Now Caracas's warring rivals are...
PDVSA now refines only about a third of its capacity, near 399,000 bpd, even as Venezuela's crude output...
BP, the UAE's XRG and Qatar's UCC signed a Venezuela Loran gas deal this week, alongside a US-backed...
Venezuela has authorized three state banks to issue subsidized mortgages for June-earthquake victims, covering up to 80% of...
US lawmakers and Venezuela’s opposition want an independent audit of about US$13 billion in US-managed oil revenue, of...
Venezuela recorded 15,625 megawatts of electricity demand on August 10, 2026 — its highest in eight years —...