Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 39

27-September-2004

OPEC

Rodriguez On Turbulent Relations Between PDVSA And Venezuelan Government

In a rare criticism on the relations between a national oil company (NOC) and its government , Dr Ali Rodriguez Araque, President and CEO of PDVSA and former OPEC Secretary-General, reviewed the recent stormy history of PDVSA with the Venezuelan government at the OPEC International Seminar in Vienna on 16 September. The Venezuelan official opened his speech...