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Eni signs Junin 5 deal with PDVSA to boost Venezuela debt recovery

Eni signed a 25-year production-sharing agreement with PDVSA for Junin 5, improving its chances of recovering $2.3 billion in Venezuelan debt.

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Eni signed an agreement with Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA on 2025-09-03 to develop the Junin 5 heavy oil project in the Orinoco Belt, converting its existing stake into a 25-year production-sharing agreement with Eni as field operator. [1] Chevron and Eni signed new agreements to expand their oil projects in Venezuela on Wednesday. [2] Chevron plans to invest US$7.000 billion over the next five years to more than double its crude oil production in Venezuela. [3] Analysts said on 2025-09-04 that the Junin 5 deal improves Eni's chances of recovering more than $2.3 billion owed by Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA. [4] Eni and PDVSA plan to invest about $1.5 billion a year in the Junin 5 project, which currently produces about 12,000 barrels per day and is expected to reach 400,000 barrels per day by 2030. [5] Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said on 2025-09-03 that work would start immediately at Junin 5, with the first well drilling beginning the next day. [6] Chevron obtained rights to develop the Carabobo 1 and Carabobo-2-South-A fields located in the Orinoco Belt. [7] Chevron's investment aims to reach a production level of nearly 600,000 barrels per day in Venezuela by 2031. [8]
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  1. Eni signed an agreement with Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA on 2025-09-03 to develop the Junin 5 heavy oil project in the Orinoco Belt, converting its existing stake into a 25-year production-sharing agreement with Eni as field operator. · Investing.com
  2. Chevron and Eni signed new agreements to expand their oil projects in Venezuela on Wednesday. · Diario La republica
  3. Chevron plans to invest US$7.000 billion over the next five years to more than double its crude oil production in Venezuela. · Diario La republica
  4. Analysts said on 2025-09-04 that the Junin 5 deal improves Eni's chances of recovering more than $2.3 billion owed by Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA. · Investing.com
  5. Eni and PDVSA plan to invest about $1.5 billion a year in the Junin 5 project, which currently produces about 12,000 barrels per day and is expected to reach 400,000 barrels per day by 2030. · Investing.com
  6. Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said on 2025-09-03 that work would start immediately at Junin 5, with the first well drilling beginning the next day. · Investing.com
  7. Chevron obtained rights to develop the Carabobo 1 and Carabobo-2-South-A fields located in the Orinoco Belt. · Diario La republica
  8. Chevron's investment aims to reach a production level of nearly 600,000 barrels per day in Venezuela by 2031. · Diario La republica
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