According to Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramírez, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed Wednesday at a meeting of its 12 member states in Vienna, Austria, to set oil production at 30 million barrels per day.
Venezuela’s special envoy at the 17th United Nations conference on climate change (COP17), Claudia Salerno, said Sunday that the meeting’s final document did not approve a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, as the media in industrialized countries has…
At the United Nations climate change summit in Durban, South Africa, delegates from the eight member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) have advocated a second period of emissions reductions commitments under the Kyoto…
Venezuelan Oil and Mining Minister Rafael Ramírez welcomed 14 representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean today at the 8th Ministerial Meeting of the Petrocaribe Energy Agreement.
In 2005, the Venezuelan government presented a plan for energy integration throughout the Americas called Petroamerica, which was to be under the framework of the Bolivarian Alliance of Our Americas (ALBA) and founded on the principles of solidarity and complementarity…
Venezuela and China will develop various cooperation projects in the area of energy, as agreed today a bilateral meeting held this Wednesday at the headquarters of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) in Caracas.
The draft law on the Efficient and Rational Use of Electricity, which goes to a second round of debates Tuesday in the National Assembly, is aimed at generating consciousness among Venezuelans and seeking a cultural change regarding this issue, according…
On Wednesday afternoon, Minister of Electricity Alí Rodríguez Araque said that $700 million in funding was approved for the modernization of the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric plant in southeastern Venezuela also known as the Guri Dam. The resources are to come…
On Tuesday, Venezuela’s National Assembly will resume discussion on the reform of the Environment Criminal Law, an initiative promoted by the parliament’s Permanent Commission on Environment, Natural Recourses and Climate Change.
From 2001 to 2011, the Venezuelan oil industry has allocated $125.2 billion for social development, according to the Minister of Energy and Oil Rafael Ramírez.