The international activities of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) have undergone an unprecedented expansion during recent years; this expansion is accompanied by an increase in its international projection and an acknowledgement of its high operating levels, technological expertise and excellence in management.
Today, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. maintains a solid presence abroad, with strong commercial relationships with its partners in each country as well as nations with great investment potential in the oil business
Petroamérica
The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has introduced the Petroamérica initiative for the energy integration of the peoples of our continent, within the framework of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) and based on the principles of solidarity and complementarity of the countries concerning the fair and democratic use of resources for the development of their peoples.
Petroamérica adheres to the guiding principles of ALBA: energy integration, solidarity, complementarity, fair trade, promotion of investments in Latin America, and special and differentiated treatment of nations according to their capabilities. Both initiatives share the historical and fundamental purpose of uniting the capacities and strengths of the countries that comprise them for the joint definition of broad lines of common political action among states that share the same vision on the exercise of sovereignty, while developing their own identity.
PDVSA AMERICA, S.A.
PDVSA created in 2006 the subsidiary PDVSA América, SA in order to implement the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's energy policies in Latin America, the Caribbean and continent-wide, and position Venezuela as a regional energy power, while developing energy, political, cultural and economic relations favoring equity and social justice.
PDVSA América focuses on strengthening the role of PDVSA as a reliable supplier of hydrocarbons and in establishing the market diversification strategy promoted by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the creation of a new world energy map, where Latin America becomes an energy hub.
One of the strategies for the joint undertaking of various projects is setting up joint ventures, mostly with state-owned companies, so that countries become engaged in their own development and for the optimization of execution capacity.
PETROCARIBE
In September 2005, PDVSA founded the subsidiary PDV Caribe, S.A., the result of the PETROCARIBE Agreement. PDV Caribe plans and executes the activities of transportation, reception, storage, distribution and commercialization of hydrocarbons, along with the necessary infrastructure projects to ensure the sovereign management of the energy resources in member countries.
• PDVSA América Caracas headquarters: Edificio PDVSA La Tahona, Cabimas 4, Avenida Intercomunal Baruta - El Hatillo con calle El Ángel de La Tahona, Urbanización Las Esmeraldas, Caracas 1080, Venezuela / Fax: +58 (212) 906-4600 / Telephone +58 (212) 906-4695
• PDVSA Argentina: Av. Libertador 602, Piso 20- CABA C.P: C1001ABT. Buenos Aires-Argentina / Telephone +54 11 4813 9652 .
• PDVSA Bolivia: Av. Hernando Siles esq. Calle 10 Obrajes- Edif. Tunupa N° 5593 Piso 2, Ofic. 203- La Paz. Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia / Telephones: (591)2150666 - 2112906 - 2119799/ Fax: (591) 2150888.
• PDVSA Ecuador: Orellana E9-195 y Av. 6 de Diciembre, Edif. Alisal de Orellana, Piso 11, Quito. Ecuador / Telephone: (593) 24000300/ Fax: (593) 23819945.
• PDVSA Paraguay: Av. España 2028, c/ Av. Brasilia, Edif. URANO , Piso 3, Asunción- Paraguay / Telephones: (595) 21228814 / 17.
• PDVSA Uruguay: Peatonal Sarandi 675, Piso 3. Montevideo-Uruguay / Telephone : 00598-2915-6964.
• PDV Guatemala, Limitada: 2a calle 23-80 Zona 15, Vista Hermosa II, Edificio Avante 8o Nivel, Of. 804 Guatemala, Guatemala, 01015 Telephone: (502) 2385-4052, 2385-4082, 2385-3778 Fax: (502) 2385-3778.
• PDV UK, S.A.: 7 Old Park Lane. London W1K 1QR England. Telephones : (0044) 2074092166/ (0044) 2074938783.
• PDVSA Services B.V.: President Kennedylaan 19, 2517 JK, The Hague, Netherlands,P.O. Box 17111, 2502 CC, Telephones: (31) (70) 3488588 Fax: (31) (70) 3488540, E-mail:
• PDV Europa B.V.: President Kennedylaan 19, 2517 JK The Hague, Netherlands, P.O. Box 17111, 2502 CC The Hague, Netherlands, Telephone: (31) (70) 3065000. Fax: (31) (70) 3060514, E-mail:
• PDVSA Russia: 22 Tverskaya Street, SUMMIT Business Center, 125375, Moscow, Russia +7 (495) 981 31 60,
• PDVSA USA, Inc.: 750 Lexington Avenue, 59th Street. 21st Floor. New York, NY 10022, Telephone:(646) 723-2080 , Fax (212) 826-0967.
• PDVSA Services INC: Woodland Park Plaza. 11490 Westheimer. Suite 800. Houston, Texas, 77077-6847 USA, Telephone : 1 (281) 531 0004 Fax 1 (281) 588 6290, E-mail:
CITGO
CITGO Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Houston, refines markets and transports gasoline, jet fuel, lubricants, petrochemicals and other petroleum-based industrial products. CITGO has 3,700 employees and is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect and wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), the state oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
CITGO owns and operates three highly complex crude oil refineries located in Lake Charles, Louisiana (425,000 barrels per day [BPD]), Lemont, Illinois (167,000 BPD) and Corpus Christi, Texas (157,000 BPD). These refineries process approximately 285,000 BPD of Venezuelan crude, including supplies from upgraders in the Orinoco Oil Belt. The combined aggregate crude oil refining capacity of 749,000 BPD places CITGO as one of the largest refiners in the United States. The company owns and / or operates 48 terminals of petroleum products, one of the largest networks in the country.
In 2012, CITGO sold a total of 14.7 billion gallons of refined products. The company markets motor fuel to independent traders who consistently rate CITGO as one of the best brand-name carriers in the industry. CITGO brand traders sell motor fuels through nearly 6,000 branded retail stores.
CITGO markets jet fuel directly to airlines and produces a variety of agricultural, automotive, industrial and proprietary lubricants that are sold to independent distributors, mass merchandisers and industrial customers as well as other customers. In addition, the company sells petrochemicals and industrial products directly to various manufacturers and industrial companies across the United States.
RUHR OEL GMBH PDVSA owns 50% of this company, in association with Veba Oel, which has four refineries; this makes it the largest refiner on German soil.
It has a refining capacity of one million barrels per day, of which approximately 250,000 correspond to the Venezuelan oil company. In addition, it supplies derivatives and petrochemical products to the German market, covering 20% of its needs
• Contact: Pawiker Strasse 30, D-45896 Gelsenkirchen, Germany , Phone: 49 (209) 366 3942, Fax: 49 (209) 3663798, e-mail:
AB NYNÄS PETROLEUM
PDVSA and Neste Corporation of Finland have 50% each of AB Nynäs Petroleum, which operates refineries in Sweden, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
Through its partnership with AB Nynäs, the corporation is increasing its share of the Western European asphalt market. This company owns two refineries: one in Sweden (Nynashamn), another in Belgium (Antwerp), and a pair in the United Kingdom, specifically in Dundee, Scotland, and Eastham, in England.
It processes an average of 30,000 barrels of crude per day.
• Contact: P.O. Box 10700 Sweden, SE-121 2923 Stockholm Lindetorpsvagen 7, Telephone: 46 (8) 6021200 / 1285, Fax: 46 (8) 918 544 e-mail:
ISLA
Located in Curacao, it operates under a long-term lease agreement with the government of Curacao; it began operations in 1985. On average, it refines about 335,000 barrels a day of crude oil, which are mainly destined for the North American, Central American and Caribbean markets. Isla has a storage terminal
• Contact:P.O: Box 3843 Emmastads, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles Telephones: (59 99) 466 2273, Fax (59 99) 466 2588/ (59 99) 466 2488) E-mail:
STORAGE TERMINALS
• Bonaire Petroleum Corp. N.N. (BOPEC)
Contact: Plantage Brasil. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. P.O. Box 117 Kalendijk. Telephones: (5997) 8177, Telex: 1284 BOPECNA Fax (5997) 8266.
The PDVSA subsidiary in Argentina, INTERVEN Venezuela, SA, opened its offices in Buenos Aires to become the center of development of the entire Petróleos de Venezuela business chain in Argentina and the Southern Cone; it offers odirect and personalized attention to customers, consumers and partners.
The management and technical team of INTERVEN Venezuela S.A. do business within the framework of the recent bilateral and corporate cooperation agreements in oil, gas, by-products and other items, between the governments and companies of Venezuela and Argentina for the benefit of the peoples of the region.
This challenge is part of the Petrosur regional energy initiative, a concrete expression of the political will for trade cooperation and integration between the Argentine Republic and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, two sovereign countries committed to solidarity exchange, fair trade and the inalienable right of the peoples to develop under the principles of reciprocity and complementarity.
• Products and services
INTERVEN Venezuela S.A. is building a marketing and distribution network for products in the Argentine domestic market, and i involved with licenses or concessions for the exploration of prospective areas in search of exploitable hydrocarbon deposits, among others. Regardin liquid fuels for the automobile fleet, INTERVEN Venezuela, SA, hand in hand with ENARSA, has the long-term goal of flagging, in association with companies in the Latin American region, some 600 service stations in Argentina to market an average volume of 55,000 barrels per day, or about 4 million liters per day, which represent about 12% of the Argentine domestic market.
• Contact
Avenida del Libertador 602, Edificio Chacofi II, Planta Baja, Entrepiso y Piso 2. Buenos Aires, Argentina, Telephone numbers: 00 54 11 4813 9652 / 54 (Jorge Pérez)
Petrosur is a political and trade enabler that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela promotes. Petrosur establishes cooperation and integration mechanisms based on complementarity and the fair and democratic use of energy resources for the socioeconomic improvement of the peoples.
This initiative recognizes the importance of fostering cooperation and strategic partnerships between the state oil companies of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela: Petróleos Brasileiros (Petrobras), Energía Argentina S.A. (Enarsa); Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland (ANCAP) and Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) to comprehensively develop businesses throughout the entire chain of hydrocarbons.
Petrosur aims at minimizing the negative impact of energy costs on the countries of the region caused by speculative and geopolitical factors, by decreasing transaction costs (eliminating intermediation), provide access to preferential financing and by taking advantage of trade synergies in order to overcome economic and social asymmetries in the region.
The international subsidiary PDVSA Russia, was created by instructions of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in August 2019 with the aim of managing the investments of Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), in the Euroasian region, and particularly strengthen oil cooperation with the Russian Federation, which acquired a strategic character from the year 2001 with the historic declaration of Presidents Hugo Chávez and Vladimir Putin.
Develops its activities according to the international guidelines of PDVSA, monitors projects and joint investments in the areas of: Exploration and Production, improvement and marketing, oil services, vocational training and scientific research. It also analyses the international oil market and identifies new technologies and business opportunities that can be incorporated into the essential operations of the oil industry, considering Russia’s experience and capabilities as an energy power.
