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SECTOR BRIEF · VE-ENERGY-UPSTREAM

Chevron Q1 revela 1–2% del CFO (cash flow operativo) en Venezuela; producción cruza 1.23M bpd y GL 5W señala coordinación con Citgo

Brief VE-ENERGY-UPSTREAM mayo 2026. El upstream entra en fase de ejecución contractual: exportaciones cruzan 1.23M bpd en abril (máximo en 7 años, +14% intermensual), Chevron en su call Q1 (1 may) confirma Venezuela = 1–2% del CFO (cash flow operativo) con cuenta por cobrar de $1.5B en amortización a 2027 y sin compromiso de capex incremental antes de clarificación fiscal. GL 5W (4 may) extiende protección bono PDVSA 2020 hasta 19 jun — extensión más corta en dos años, señal de coordinación Treasury con proceso judicial Citgo en Delaware. Repsol Petroquiriquire, Eni Junín-5 y Maurel & Prom operativos bajo GL 50A.

VE PULSE · 22-MAY-2026

Weekly close: Exxon nears Venezuela deal, Conoco rejects 95% take, Delcy heads to India and BVC raises capital

The apertura now has a name moving and a name objecting — Exxon close to an announcement, Conoco putting a numeric ceiling on what the framework can ask.

OFAC · GL 52

GL 52 — Specific Transactions Involving PDVSA

Authorizes specific transactions with PDVSA and its majority-owned subsidiaries necessary for the execution of the GL 46B/50A regime: settlement of legacy accounts receivable, pre-2019 contract settlement, transfers between authorized accounts.

ANÁLISIS · RIESGO E INVERSIÓN

Smart money got there first: why the most sophisticated investors are quietly betting on Venezuela while the rankings call it unviable

Five months from Operation Absolute Resolve, the country has shipped between US$6 and US$9 billion in crude under the OFAC framework, sold US$100 million in gold to the U.S. under the Burgum-Caracas deal, delivered Alex Saab into DEA custody at Opa-Locka, and reopened twice-daily direct flights to Miami. Caracas now hosts an open table with the six Western oil majors on the oil front, with Coinbase and Founders Fund on the financial front, and with the Burgum delegation on the mining front — a quarter and a half in which Washington deployed more instruments on the country than in any comparable window since 1999. Transparency International still ranks Venezuela 178 of 180 on corruption perception. The distance between that score and the table filling up in Caracas is exactly the spread smart money is collecting for arriving first.