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### Viewing cable 09CARACAS1017, VENEZUELA: REPSOL EMPLOYEE COMMENTS ON DRILLING

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09CARACAS1017 | 2009-08-05 18:06 | 2011-01-27 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Caracas

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L CARACAS 001017

    SIPDIS

    ENERGY FOR ALOCKWOOD AND LEINSTEIN, DOE/EIA FOR MCLINE
    HQ SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
    TREASURY FOR MKACZMAREK
    COMMERCE FOR 4332/MAC/WH/JLAO
    NSC FOR RKING

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/04/2019
    TAGS: EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
    SUBJECT: VENEZUELA: REPSOL EMPLOYEE COMMENTS ON DRILLING
    OFFSHORE CUBA/VENEZUELA

    REF: A. (A) 05 CARACAS 2807
         ¶B. (B) CARACAS 239
         ¶C. (C) CARACAS 853

    Classified By: Economic Counselor Darnall Steuart, for reasons
    1.4 (b) and (d).

    ¶1. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXXX , Repsol
    Drill Project Manager for the Rafael Urdaneta offshore
    natural gas exploratory well told Petroleum Attache on August
    2 that Repsol had cancelled plans to drill in Cuba, as it had
    been unable to secure an offshore drill rig with less than
    fifteen percent U.S. content.

    ¶2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXXX added that the Spanish oil company has
    experienced several challenges over the last month in its
    Urdaneta drill program.  XXXXXXXXXXXXX shared that PDVSA recently
    seized vessels in the Gulf of Venezuela owned by Venezuelan
    launch company Terminales Maracaibo that had been servicing
    the off-shore rig.  The service company has the contract to
    provide Chevron, Repsol, and Teikoku with launch services in
    the Gulf to transport crew and supplies to the rig.
    Terminales Maracaibo continued to operate vessels not
    expropriated in May 2009 until PDVSA recently expanded the
    scope of the expropriation beyond assets physically located
    on Lake Maracaibo.  XXXXXXXXXXXXX indicated that Repsol has not
    been able to find a replacement launch company (as there are
    few private launch companies left in Venezuela) and is
    increasingly reliant on PDVSA to provide launch services to
    maintain its drilling program.

    ¶3. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXXX also noted that during the first week of
    drilling, the rig was shut down for 36 hours due to a
    shortage of diesel fuel.  The rig temporarily shut down again
    the weekend of August 1 due to another fuel shortage.
    Problems within PDVSA's domestic fuel distribution system are
    driving this problem.  (NOTE: The GBRV nationalized the
    downstream oil sector, including tanker trucks and gas
    stations in September 2008, and has slowly integrated private
    tanker trucks into its fleet.)  XXXXXXXXXXXXX shared that Repsol
    had been unable to lease some specialized drill tools from
    Schlumberger as it had exported them out of Venezuela and was
    not willing to bring them back.  XXXXXXXXXXXXX stated that Repsol
    had also encountered some technical difficulties with the
    drilling program (NFI).  Based on current progress, XXXXXXXXXXXXX
    believes Repsol will complete its exploratory well within the
    next four to six weeks.

    ¶4. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXXX noted that Japan's Teikoku has offered jobs to
    Repsol's entire senior drilling team, asking them to transfer
    with the drill rig from Repsol.  Teikoku has drill engineers
    preparing its exploratory well in the Moruy II block, but has
    not put into place a management team to execute the program
    (e.g. project supervisor, operations manager, drill rig
    supervisor, etc.).

    ¶5. (C) COMMENT: Repsol's problems in securing launch vessels
    and diesel fuel underscore some of the unintended
    consequences of GBRV nationalizations of downstream
    operations and the oil services sector.  Its inability to
    secure specialized drill tools from Schlumberger confirms
    reports that companies are quietly removing capital equipment
    from Venezuela.  END COMMENT.

    DUDDY

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