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Caracas (Platts) 3 Nov 06 Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA will incorporate six new drilling rigs into its operations in western Venezuela this month, a report said Friday. Maracaibo daily Panorama cited Ricardo Coronado, general manager of PDVSA’s western division, as saying that three of the rigs will be assigned to Lake Maracaibo and the other three to the eastern coast of the Lake. In August, PDVSA given the green light to 13 companies to contract 27 oil drills for use in both eastern and western Venezuela, which include the six rigs cited in Friday’s report. PDVSA expects to raise its oil-drilling rig count to 130 from 102 by the start of 2007, company E&P director Luis Vierma said last month. PDVSA also signed an agreement with China’s CNPC in August to acquire 13 rigs. PDVSA currently owns 70 oil-drilling rigs. Written by- Jens Erik Gould Source link:-https://jenserikgouldblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/pdvsa-to-incorporate-...

Anzoategui, Venezuela (Platts) 11 August 2006 Venezuela state oil company PDVSA has given the green light to 13 companies to contract 27 oil drills for use in both eastern and western Venezuela, PDVSA vice president of exploration and production Luis Vierma said late Thursday. The new drills will raise PDVSA’s total drill count to 140 from 113, Vierma said. The majority of the companies are Venezuelan, although China’s CNPC is also bringing one drill, Vierma said. Companies also participating include 3G Petróleo Servicios, Consultores y Servicios de Mantenimiento Mecánico, Petrex Sudamérica, Petrolog de Venezuela, Transporte Militarek, Venezolana de Servicios Petroleros, Veraica, Constructora Interbolivariana, Corporación Enhestar, Global Venezuelan Rig Services, Guanipa Oil & Gas and Akere Energy, a PDVSA statement said late Thursday. PDVSA will contract the winning companies for 5 years. PDVSA consulted with 51 national and international com...