The collapse of OPEC member Venezuela’s economy and the oil industry that has long driven it are well-known. International sanctions and the sorry state of refineries and other facilities contribute to ongoing fuel shortages. This Bloomberg article points out the Venezuelan government is seeking to pay contractors to repair ravaged refineries with scrap metal taken from dismantled energy infrastructure. National oil company PDVSA reportedly aims to step up recovery of light crude from Monagas state, making the relatively easy-to-produce oil available for processing. Shell is seeking to leverage digitalization to improve work processes and optimize facility performance across its […]