The combined oil output
of four foreign companies with which
PDVSA has contracts will also rise to
624,000 bdp in 2005, according to Rodríguez.
In this way, the total
oil output of Venezuela in 2005 will
reach 3.41 million bdp. Including the
170,000 bdp of liquefied natural gas
(LNG) that the country produces, the
total fuel output of Venezuela will
round 3.58 million bpd, according to
Rodríguez.
Rodríguez
said that the average daily oil and
LNG output of Venezuela in 2004 will
reach 3.18 million bdp. The country
is the fifth largest oil exporter worldwide".
