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Venezuela Wants Oil Firms to Supply Their Own Power for Projects

2 June 2026 at 16:06
Energy companies heading to Venezuela are being told to bring their own power plants to run their oil and natural gas operations and shield them from frequent blackouts on the nation’s ill-maintained electricity grid.

Oil rigs in Cabimas, south of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela, in January. Photographer: Maryorin Mendez/AFP/Getty Images

Venezuela Moves to Open Power Sector to Private Investment

Venezuela’s National Assembly debated a reform that would open the country’s electricity sector to private investment, allowing companies to generate, distribute and sell power under government concessions after more than 15 years of state control.

Power lines run through transmission towers at the Caujarito electrical substation in Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela.
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