# 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]

## What this stands on

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, News)
2. Chevron and Eni signed new agreements to expand their oil projects in Venezuela on Wednesday. (Diario La republica, News)
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, News)
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, News)
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, News)
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, News)
7. Chevron obtained rights to develop the Carabobo 1 and Carabobo-2-South-A fields located in the Orinoco Belt. (Diario La republica, News)
8. Chevron's investment aims to reach a production level of nearly 600,000 barrels per day in Venezuela by 2031. (Diario La republica, News)

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