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| | The Destruction of Petroleos de Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | In August 2003, its PDV America, Inc. has to pay off $500 million in maturing notes, which means Petroleos de Chavez will have to borrow, and borrow at higher rates, because PDVSA/Citgo’s former investment grade has been downgraded to a speculative grade, by Standard & Poor’s and by Moody’s Investors Service. |
 | | Worse, Petroleos de Chavez in trying to restore oil production, with production in the newer free flowing fields, and they are over producing, i.e., wells that are supposed to produce 1,000 b/d are forced to produce 2,000 b/d. |
 | | Venezuela, because of the planning and investments by PDVSA since nationalization, has the largest and one of the most complex refineries in the world. |
| www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2003/2/18/132004.shtml (3410 words) |
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