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  • Venezuela’s PDVSA declares emergency as tankers returning : document | Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-tanker-idUSKCN1QN2J3

    Plans by the German operator of a portion of the Venezuelan state oil company’s tanker fleet to return 10 vessels because of unpaid fees prompted a unit of state-run PDVSA on Tuesday to declare a maritime emergency, according to a document from the state-run firm and sources.

    PDVSA’s weak finances, the result of mismanagement, a sharp decline in oil output and U.S. sanctions designed to oust President Nicolas Maduro, have prompted dozens of suppliers and partners to stop working for the company.

    The United States and more three dozen other countries have thrown their support behind an interim government being formed by the country’s congress chief, Juan Guaido.

    PDVSA’s maritime arm, PDV Marina, lacks about 160 people, including captains, machinists and operators, to immediately take back the 10 vessels from Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), according to a notification by PDV Marina’s security department that was viewed by Reuters.

    BSM officially notified PDV Marina’s top authorities of its “unilateral decision to deliver the fleet operated by the company due to lack of payment and cash flow for paying pending salaries and staff onboard,” putting PDVSA in a “critical situation to receive the tanker fleet,” the document said.

    PDVSA did not respond to a request for comment. A BSM representative was not immediately available to comment after working hours.

    BSM last month confirmed its crews would abandon PDVSA vessels Rio Arauca and Parnaso, held in Portugal due to unpaid fees to several companies. A third vessel operated by BSM, the Icaro, was seized in Curacao by a group of shipping companies claiming unpaid bills from PDVSA.

    BSM operated a fleet of 13 tankers owned by PDVSA and two very large crude carriers jointly owned by PDVSA and China’s PetroChina. The amount owed by PDV Marina to BSM is at least $15 million, according to a source at the company and a document seen by Reuters.

    Over a dozen tankers with Venezuelan oil around the world have been arrested in recent years by authorities or otherwise prevented from leaving because PDVSA has not paid for services.

    The two tankers retained in Portugal arrived in 2017 for repairs and were caught in the middle of legal fights between PDVSA and creditors.

    In Curacao, a PDVSA operated refinery got a court order to free the seized tanker Icaro and place its oil in storage until the dispute is resolved. The vessel remains anchored in Curacao waters, according to Refinitiv Eikon vessel data.

    • Venezuela’s PDVSA says still working with German shipping firm | Reuters
      https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-pdvsa-tankers-idUSKCN1QO25V

      Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA said on Thursday it has not halted business with maritime contractor Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), after the German firm notified it would remove crews operating 10 of 15 PDVSA vessels over unpaid fees and return the tankers.

      PDVSA’s maritime arm PDV Marina declared an emergency on Tuesday due to lack of staff to immediately receive the vessels that BSM proposed to return to Venezuelan ports due to unpaid bills of at least $15 million.

      The vessels - Nereo, Proteo, Zeus, Hero, Eos, Teseo, Rio Caroni, Rio Apure, Rio Orinoco and Arita - had BSM crews onboard on Thursday, a source from the company said, adding that payment is being negotiated with PDVSA.

      Three other vessels operated by BSM for PDVSA remain anchored in Portugal and Curacao until the resolution of legal disputes linked to fees that PDVSA owes to maritime agencies, port authorities and shipyards.

      Our subsidiary PDV Marina continues working with BSM... PDV Marina offers maritime transportation of hydrocarbons and tug boat services, reaching satisfactory daily rates,” it said via a Twitter post.

      PDVSA did not elaborate on its plans to operate the returned vessels. BSM had no immediate comment on the returns of the vessels.

      PDVSA’s financial problems are complicating the state-run firm’s ability to hire 160 captains, machinists and operators needed to operate the 10 vessels, the source said. PDVSA is offering to pay staff in Bolivars.

      ECB pushes out rate hike, offers cheap cash to banks
      PDV Marina does not have staff enough for all the vessels. That is not new. PDVSA owes everybody money, even its own crew,” said a tanker inspector in Venezuela who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation. 

      BSM operates a fleet of 15 PDVSA vessels, including eight Aframaxes mostly used for moving oil between Venezuela’s domestic ports and the Caribbean; four Suezmaxes previously serving export destinations but recently also navigating Venezuelan waters; the Aframax Arita covering routes to Asia; and two very large crude carriers jointly owned by PDVSA and PetroChina.

      The German company’s crew last month abandoned two vessels anchored in Portugal - the Rio Arauc_a and the _Parnaso - after keeping staff aboard for more than 20 months. The firm has said legal responsibility for the vessels rests with the arresting parties.

      Over a dozen tankers with Venezuelan oil around the world have been arrested by authorities in recent years or otherwise prevented from sailing because PDVSA has not been able to pay for operation, hull cleaning, inspections, and other services.

  • 100 entreprises responsables de plus de 70 % des émissions mondiales de carbone - Sciences et Avenir
    https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/100-entreprises-responsables-de-plus-de-70-des-emissions-mondiales-

    « Sur les 635 milliards de tonnes d’équivalent CO2 issues des 100 plus gros producteurs, 32% peuvent être rattachés à des investissements publics, 9% à des investissements privés, et même 59% à des investissements nationaux », alerte le rapport. Parmi les sociétés privées les plus émettrices, on compte sans surprise ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron, Peabody, Total, ou BHP Billiton. Du côté des entreprises nationalisés, on compte évidemment l’Arabie Saoudite, la Russie, la Chine, ou encore l’Inde, avec Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, National Iranian Oil, Coal India, Pemex, et CNPC (PetroChina). Enfin, la production de charbon en Chine a été agrégée en incluant divers acteurs comme Shenhua Group, Datong Coal Mine Group, ou encore China National Coal Group. Au total, le charbon chinois est responsable de plus de 14% des émissions globales de gaz à effet de serre !

  • Qatargas agrees on 22-year LNG supply deal with China | Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qatar-petrochina/qatargas-agrees-on-22-year-lng-supply-deal-with-china-idUSKCN1LQ0DM

    Qatargas said on Monday it had agreed on a 22-year deal with PetroChina International Co, a unit of PetroChina Co, to supply China with around 3.4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually, as the nation stepped up efforts to combat air pollution.

    The Qatari state-owned company will supply LNG from the Qatargas 2 project - a venture between Qatar Petroleum, Exxon Mobil Corp and Total - to receiving terminals across China, with the first cargo to be delivered this month.

    The deal allows flexibility in delivering LNG to Chinese terminals including those in Dalian, Jiangsu, Tangshan and Shenzhen, using the Qatargas fleet of 70 conventional, Q-Flex and Q-Max vessels, the company said.

    China requires LNG for its push to replace coal with cleaner burning natural gas, a way to reduce air pollution. After Beijing started the program last year, China has overtaken South Korea as the world’s second-biggest buyer of LNG.

    China’s LNG imports may surge 70 percent to 65 million tonnes by 2020, according to consultancy SIA Energy. Last year, China imported a record 38.1 million tonnes, 46 percent more than the previous year.

    Meanwhile Qatar, the world’s biggest LNG producer, is seeking buyers for a planned expansion of its output.

    C’est pas avec ce genre de contrats que le Qatar va se faire bien voire des É.-U. !

  • Cerrarán tres refinerías de manera indefinida
    http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/petroleo/cerraran-tres-refinerias-manera-indefinida_228396

    Petróleos de Venezuela planea cerrar en las próximas semanas tres de sus cuatro grandes refinerías de manera indefinida debido a la escasez de crudo para procesar y por la falta de personal que opere las plantas, aseguraron sindicalistas. Las refinerías son Cardón, Puerto La Cruz y El Palito.

    El directivo de la Federación Única de Trabajadores Petroleros de Venezuela, Iván Freites, dijo que la refinería Cardón, estado Falcón, solo se usaría para la producción de lubricantes y como parte de la logística de la empresa estatal para el suministro de combustibles al mercado. Tiene una capacidad total de 310.000 barriles por día; mientras que las otras dos refinadoras, Puerto La Cruz y El Palito, pueden producir 187.000 y 145.000 barriles al día.

    Freites agregó que las empresas Rosneft de Rusia y Petrochina decidieron retirarse del proyecto con el que iban a operar en refinerías del centro de Paraguaná, y asumir las inversiones para hacer conversiones profundas en las plantas, principalmente en la producción de combustible automotriz. Rosneft iba a manejar la refinería de Amuay con una capacidad de 650.000 barriles diarios y Petrochina en Cardón, cuya capacidad es de 310.000 barriles por día.

    • Ça fait quand même tout drôle de voir Rosneft et PetroChina (CNPC) sur la péninsule de Paraguaná ! Quand j’étais ado, il y a bien bien longtemps à Punta Cardón, Amuay appartenait à la Creole Petroleum Corporation (accent vénézuélien, svp) filiale de SOCal / Esso / Exxon et Cardón de Shell.

    • Abandono de refinerías de Pdvsa lleva a operar solo la de Amuay
      http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/economia/abandono-refinerias-pdvsa-lleva-operar-solo-amuay_229154

      [Iván Freites, directivo de la Federación Única de Trabajadores Petroleros de Venezuela,] también secretario general del sindicato de trabajadores petroleros de Falcón reveló el contenido del informe operativo del complejo refinador Paraguaná (integrado por Amuay y Cardón) correspondiente a marzo de 2018: “Al 31 del mes pasado Amuay procesó una carga de crudo de 200.000 barriles diarios, pero su capacidad instalada es 635.000 barriles al día”.
      […]
      Las condiciones de Cardón a finales de marzo pasado eran bastante críticas y cerró con una producción de 100.000 barriles diarios de su capacidad instalada de 305.000 barriles por día. Además de las plantas paradas, el problema más grave de esa refinería son los servicios industriales como consecuencia del mal funcionamiento de la planta eléctrica que provee electricidad, vapor y aire indispensables para los distintos procesos.

      El representante de la Futpv afirmó que los problemas y las grandes inversiones requeridas en Amuay y Cardón hicieron desistir a Rosneft de Rusia y Petrolera Nacional de China de su intención de emprender el proyecto de recuperación de las instalaciones, las cuales serían manejadas por las empresas mediante un contrato de arrendamiento con Pdvsa.

  • CNPC and KMZ to double crude oil pipeline from Kazakhstan to China

    http://www.2b1stconsulting.com/cnpc-and-kmz-to-double-crude-oil-pipeline-from-kazakhstan-to-china

    Attention : Ces deux liens sont assez anciens (2007 et 2013) mais j’archive pour les références

    The joint venture between the national oil companies China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) and the local KazMunaiGas (KMZ) is working on a second crude oil export pipeline from Kazakhstan to China.

    As the existing pipeline, the new one would connect Atyrau on the coast of the Caspian Sea, eastern Kazakhstan, to the Chinese boarder at the city of Alashankou in the Dushanzi District of the Xinjiang Province in China.

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    The Geopolitics of Oil Pipelines in Central Asia
    http://www.sras.org/geopolitics_of_oil_pipelines_in_central_asia

    From the Silk Road to Chevron:
    The Geopolitics of Oil Pipelines in Central Asia
    by James Fishelson

    Kazakhstan has received much press recently as a result of the success of the comic film Borat. However, that movie got everything wrong in its depiction of Kazakhstan, with the exception of two things. The first is that the country is in a regional conflict with Uzbekistan. The second is the prevalence of prostitutes, which are everywhere in Kazakhstan. The country has become a target for immigrants practicing the profession, with women, girls, and even a few men flowing in from neighboring countries and farther abroad.[1] Since the 1979 discovery of the Tengiz field, a massive oil source under the North Caspian Sea,[2] and especially after the full-scale exploitation of that field and others during the post-Soviet era, Kazakhstan’s economy is booming and its citizens, in a frenzy of capitalism, are spending the influx of money liberally.