Venezuela To Construct Three Oil Refineries In China
By Ria Novosti
Venezuela will construct three oil refineries in China, the state-run Venezuelan oil company PDVSA said, quoting Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez.
“Our goal is to give an impetus to Venezuela’s energy cooperation with Asian countries, which is in line with President Hugo Chavez’s policies aimed at building a multipolar world and diversifying the oil market,” Ramirez was quoted as saying.
On Friday, Ramirez attended a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of an oil refinery in China’s southern Guangdong province. The facility is scheduled to be launched in 2015. The project is estimated at $8.3 billion.
The oil refineries will be jointly owned by Venezuela and China, the PDVSA said. They are expected to refine up to 800,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude a day.
Venezuela’s currently supplies about 600,000 barrels of oil per day to China.
In late February, the two countries signed $10 billion worth of contracts in various spheres, including energy, agriculture, construction and industry.
Good news for Venezuela since the uS government currently, is not into anything but their own politically influenced, personal agenda.
The Iranians would enjoy some of this type construction work…but then so would Israel.
Obama’s current foreign policy is a bit foreign to who it addresses.