WILLEMSTAD - President of the Venezuelan state oil company PdVSA Manuel Quevedo made an unexpected visit to Curaçao this week. There he spoke extensively with the employees of PdVSA.
Quevedo said he would do everything to ensure that he can continue to pay the salaries until the end of the year. As is known, the lease contract of PdVSA expires at the end of the year. Earlier in the day, the PdVSA director spoke with Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath. There Quevedo said that the PdVSA is very interested in continuing to operate the refinery after this year.
Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath looks back with satisfaction on the visit of President of the Venezuelan state oil company Manuel Quevedo. Rhuggenaath has said that PdVSA wants to continue as a strategic partner of the refinery after 2019. According to Rhuggenaath, he explained that there is a transparent project team that deals with that.
And that there is no political involvement in choosing the new strategic partner. He was pleased that PdVSA is currently working hard to ensure that oil is transported to Curaçao so that a start-up of the refinery can be made in August.