Gas flares and leaking pipelines from Venezuela’s once-booming oil industry, hobbled by U.S. sanctions and mismanagement, are polluting towns and a major lake. Credit... Supported by By Isayen ...

The Trump administration is quietly negotiating a high-stakes deal with the Nicolás Maduro regime to allow Chevron to ...

PDVSA has stopped releasing data about oil spills since 2016. The volume of oil spills in the crisis-torn Latin American country is expanding. The OEP claimed 86 oil spills occurred in Venezuela ...

Oil producer Chevron's U.S. license to operate in Venezuela will expire on May 27 as planned, Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday night that a key U.S. oil license allowing energy giant Chevron to operate in Venezuela will expire as scheduled next Tuesday — contrary to ...

As Venezuela's opposition contests the re-election ... has underlined issues with wealth inequality and dependence on the oil sector. In addition, Caracas is carrying a massive foreign debt ...

The U.S. government last year granted a broad license to Venezuela's oil industry allowing PDVSA to freely export to its chosen markets, which triggered increased demand for Venezuela's oil and ...

Nevertheless, Venezuela's oil industry as a whole is today only a shadow of its former self. The country produced around 3 million barrels a day when former coup leader Hugo Chávez took office as ...

For years, Selene Estrach has seen how Venezuela’s crumbling oil industry has taken a toll on Lake Maracaibo, one of the world’s largest and oldest lakes. Once a symbol of the country’s oil ...

Even as it battles to get its petroleum industry back on track, Venezuela has upped the ante on a border row with neighbor Guyana over an oil-rich region in which huge reserves have been discovered.

Oil producer Chevron's U.S. license to operate in Venezuela will expire on May 27 as planned, Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...