El acuerdo petrolero de EEUU con Venezuela tendrá una vigencia de 25 años

Presidenta Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, announced on Saturday that the oil agreement reached with the United States will be valid for 25 years, aiming for production exceeding 1.5 million barrels daily. The goal extends beyond this, as additional significant deals involving major companies such as Chevron, Repsol Eni, Shell, and BP are being signed.

The Venezuelan leader stated in a message broadcasted by the state channel VTV that they seek to become an energy powerhouse. Assuming a price of $65 per barrel, Venezuela could receive $209.335 billion under this agreement. Specifically, for each barrel produced and sold, approximately $19 directly contributes to the nation's revenue.

The project aims to develop eight green blocks in the Orinoco Oil Belt, a region spanning over 55,000 square kilometers in eastern and central parts of the country, with minimum royalties of 16% and a corporate tax rate of 34%. Rodríguez praised the efforts of US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for achieving this deal.

However, she emphasized that Venezuela retains ownership and sovereignty over its resources, underscoring that each party contributes what it can best provide. The US contribution includes capital, technology, and operational capacity to revive a strategic industry severely impacted by sanctions. In this context, she stated that Venezuelans have the right to know how much is invested, produced, received by the state, and the conditions for operators.

On Saturday, a US official told CBS that the agreement between the two countries will include a 100-year concession to a private joint venture. According to this source, the US government would control 55% of this joint venture, dividing its ownership in the project and the ability to extract oil at cost price. The source described the joint venture as the second-largest corporate owner of proven oil reserves in the world but refrained from naming specific companies.

On Friday, the US and Venezuela announced this historic agreement, with Washington set to control more than 20% of Venezuela's oil reserves. Rodríguez detailed that 17 strategic fields with a proven potential of 65 billion barrels of oil were to be developed. The US side described the deal as a major victory for both the US and Venezuelan people.