Venezuela Energy Week 2026: the summit of Venezuela's energy reopening
From October 26 to 29, Caracas convenes for the first time the capital, operators and authorities of the region's largest energy reopening. The main bottleneck —the power grid— now has a framework: the new oil law would require every project to self-generate, and the National Assembly opened the electricity sector to private investment. The constraint becomes an investment vertical.
From October 26 to 29, Caracas convenes for the first time the capital, operators and authorities executing the region's largest energy reopening: the world's largest reserves, a 3-million-barrel-per-day target and up to US$100 billion in investment. The main bottleneck —the power grid— just got a framework: the new oil law would require every project to generate its own power, and the National Assembly opened the electricity sector to private investment. The constraint is turning into an investment vertical of its own.
From October 26 to 29, 2026, Caracas hosts the first Venezuela Energy Week at the Simón Bolívar Convention Center, organized by Energy Capital & Power —a firm that produces energy-investment conferences across frontier markets, chiefly in Africa and Latin America— with the backing of the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and PDVSA. The agenda spans exploration and production, refining, natural-gas monetization, infrastructure, AI-driven field management and workforce development.
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