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VE Pulse · Core #0119··Sectors + Energy

The detour on flights to Caracas ends on September 1, sixty-nine days on

What opens is not the damaged terminal but two modular halls with seven boarding gates between them. The main building, hit along with one of the runways, is being rebuilt separately and on another calendar.

Today’s indicators· from VE Pulse #0119

Updated 08:03 EDT
BCV / USDBs. 791.32↗ +2.06% wk
Brent$87.35↘ -6.36% wk
Venezuela output1,200 kbpd *↗ +1% wk
VE-Country59/100↘ -3 · OBSERV.

Today’s signals

01 · Sectores · conectividad aérea

Maiquetía sets a date and the Valencia detour stops being open-ended

MECHANISM — an airline rebooks against a firm date, not finished works, and with September 1 declared by the operator the closure is bounded at 69 days. Two modular halls with seven gates open, not the damaged terminal. WINS — the airline that recovers the direct flight, perishable cargo and the capital's hotels. LOSES — Valencia's airport and whoever…

02 · Energía · datos de yacimiento

Venezuela has published no oil data since 2015 and hired the firm that can rebuild it

MECHANISM — an oil area is priced against its reservoir characterization, and that file has gone a decade without a consultable form in Venezuela, so every negotiation starts with the state as the only source. Rebuilding it shifts the information advantage. WINS — the operator who now enters blind and the firm paid for the work. LOSES — whoever already…

Sources citedMinisterio de Hidrocarburos · Asamblea Nacional · BCV
+4 more · Instituto Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía · Fina — vía Descifrado · IAIM · Presidencia de Venezuela
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