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Venezuela and Nigeria signed two agreements for the exploration and exploitation of gas in the territorial and surface waters of the Gulf of Venezuela and the Deltana Platform.

The agreements, signed by the Ministry of Popular Power for Energy and Petroleum of Venezuela and the company Oranto Petroleum Limited of Nigeria, seek to develop projects in the areas of Barracuda, in the state of Zulia, and Boca de Serpiente, in Delta Amacuro.

Rafael Tellechea, Minister of Petroleum, and Prince Arthur Eze, director of Atlas Oranto Petroleum, were in charge of signing the agreements. The agreements will allow the certification of the gas fields in the Barracuda and Boca de Serpiente blocks. In total, they add up to 30 trillion cubic feet.

“We have faced many battles, but we knew we would win because the people are with you (Nicolás Maduro), because you have the strength of your people. Keep fighting as Chavez did, it is a battle for the good of your people. Africa is happy and knows a lot about Venezuela; we want to come here to invest.”said Prince Eze.

Venezuela and Nigeria sign agreements

For his part, Tellechea stressed the importance of these agreements to position Venezuela among the main gas exporters worldwide.

“These are exploratory agreements to certify these two deposits, to continue positioning Venezuela as one of the gas exporting countries,” he said.

“I am very pleased that the investment process for gas production from the Gulf of Venezuela and the Deltana Platform is already accelerating. We will soon be exporting gas to Africa,” he said.

Brazil, Colombia and Mexico expressed that it is essential that the National Electoral Council, CNEfrom Venezuela presents the results of the presidential elections of July 28, 2024, broken down by voting table.

The statement was made in a joint statement by the foreign ministers of these three countries following a virtual meeting held on Wednesday, August 7.

“By taking note of the process initiated before the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela (TSJ), they start from the premise that the CNE is the body that corresponds, by legal mandate, with the transparent disclosure of the electoral results.”

The ministers reaffirmed the need to allow impartial verification of the results, while respecting the fundamental principle of popular sovereignty.

They also reiterated their call to the country’s political and social actors to exercise maximum caution and moderation in demonstrations and public events.

They expressed their respect for the sovereignty and will of the Venezuelan people and emphasized their conviction and confidence that solutions to the current situation must come from Venezuela.

Catalan police launched an operation to locate Carles Puigdemont