OREANDA-NEWS. July 31, 2014. Rosneft President Igor Sechin and PDVSA Ingenieria y Construccion S.A. President Fadi Kabboul signed an Engineering & Construction JV Establishment and Management Agreement.

The document was signed in Caracas during the visit of Igor Sechin to Venezuela. Pursuant to the document, Rosneft and PDVSA will set up a joint venture that will provide engineering and construction services to put in place petroleum and other infrastructure facilities, primarily required for the operations of other joint ventures between Rosneft and PDVSA. This JV will enable expedited development of infrastructure for, and significantly enhance the efficiency of managing, Rosneft's Venezuelan assets.

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Rosneft and PDVSA at present engage in 5 joint oil production projects in Venezuela:

Carabobo-2,4 project (Petrovictoria JV) – CVP (a PDVSA subsidiary) (60%), Rosneft (40%).

Junin-6 project (PetroMiranda JV). CVP (a PDVSA subsidiary) – 60%, LLC NOC - 40%.

PetroMonagas JV. CVP (a PDVSA subsidiary) – 83.3%, Rosneft – 16.7%.

Boqueron JV CVP (a PDVSA subsidiary) (60%), Rosneft (26.67%), OMV (13.33%).

Petroperija JV CVP (a PDVSA subsidiary) – 60%, Rosneft – 40%. Total oil-in-place reserves of these projects are estimated at over 20.5 billion tons.