PDVSA 在周一的一份声明中表示，委内瑞拉国家石油公司 PDVSA 和美国雪佛龙公司的合资企业 Petroindependentcia 已开始新的钻探活动。
在达成协议保证委内瑞拉政府与其政治反对派之间举行选举后，美国于十月放松了对委内瑞拉的石油制裁。
雪佛龙拥有在石油输出国组织（OPEC）成员国委内瑞拉开采油田的单独许可证。制裁的放松将增加委内瑞拉的出口，为该公司增加产量打开大门。
路透社9月份援引三位知情人士的话报道称，雪佛龙公司(CVX.N)提议在今年年底前将委内瑞拉的石油产量增加65,000桶/日。
新的钻探计划是扩建计划的一部分。
PDVSA 表示，“ell CMI14 是今年业务计划中计划的 17 口井中的第一口，代表着该合资企业在增加产量方面迈出的重要一步”，并补充说该井已于 2 月份钻探。
尽管制裁现已放松，但美国表示，如果该国执政的社会党不允许反对派初选获胜者参选，制裁将于四月中旬到期。
Petroindependentcia, a joint venture between Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and US company Chevron, has begun a new drilling campaign, PDVSA said in a statement on Monday.
The United States eased oil sanctions on Venezuela in October following an agreement to guarantee elections between the South American country’s government and its political opposition.
Chevron has a separate permit to exploit oil fields in Venezuela, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Easing sanctions will increase Venezuela’s exports, opening the door for the company to increase production volumes.
Chevron (CVX.N) has proposed increasing Venezuela’s oil output by 65,000 barrels a day by the end of this year, Reuters reported in September, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
The new drilling program is part of a planned expansion.
“Well CMI14, the first of 17 planned in this year’s business plan, represents an important step in increasing production from this joint venture,” PDVSA said, adding that the well was drilled in February.
Although the sanctions have now been eased, the US has said the relief will expire in mid-April if the country’s ruling Socialists do not allow the winner of the opposition primaries to run.
