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Venezuela opens oil office in China
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-21 08:34
The South American country, meanwhile, also plans to expand its fleet of oil
tankers so it can sell more crude to Asia and other faraway markets.
PDV Marina, an affiliate of PDVSA, plans to invest as much as US$2.2 billion
(euro1.8 billion) during the next seven years to expand its fleet to 58 tankers,
head of PDVSA shipping and sales Asdrubal Chavez said late Friday.
The company now owns 21 tankers that transport roughly 26 percent of
Venezuela's crude production, Chavez said.
In the coming years, PDV Marina is scheduled to discard five of its oldest
ships. The government hopes to build 42 new tankers in coming years so it can
ship 45 percent of its crude production by 2012.
Venezuela plans to sign deals with shipbuilding companies in Spain, Brazil,
China and Argentina to build the new fleet. Venezuela recently signed a deal for
two tankers to be built in Argentina.
The country hopes to sell as much as 300,000 barrels a day to Asian
countries, particularly China and India, by 2012, Chavez said. Venezuela
currently ships roughly 50,000 barrels of oil a day to the region.
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