JAKARTA - PT Pertamina Internasional Eksplorasi dan Produksi (PIEP) ensures that its oil and gas assets in Venezuela are safe and not affected by the United States invasion.
For information, Pertamina is the majority shareholder with a 71.09 percent ownership in Maurel & Prom (M&P). One of the assets managed by M&P is in Venezuela.
PIEP Relation Manager Dhaneswari Retnowardhani said, in connection with the current situation, based on monitoring carried out, until now there has been no impact on M&P assets and staff in Venezuela.
"PIEP continues to carefully monitor the evolving situation dynamics," he said in a statement to the media, Monday, January 5.
He also ensured that his party maintained ongoing coordination with the Indonesian Embassy (KBRI) in Caracas.
"As part of the precautionary measures and the company's commitment to ensuring safety and operational continuity," continued Dhaneswari.
Previously, US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that the US had launched a massive attack on Venezuela and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been arrested and taken abroad.
President Maduro is accused of smuggling cocaine into the US and a number of other crimes, in an indictment launched by federal prosecutors in the Southern District, New York.
Meanwhile, serious disruptions have occurred in Venezuela's oil exports following the US military operation in the country, causing crude oil shipping activity to almost come to a halt.
The blockade of tanker ships sanctioned by the US government has hampered shipping schedules, leaving Venezuelan oil companies facing major operational uncertainties and potential production declines.
According to a Reuters report, citing four unnamed sources, Venezuela's oil exports are paralyzed because port captains have not received departure permits for loaded ships.
A number of crude oil carriers that were originally scheduled to sail to the United States and Asia are now stuck in ports, according to data quoted from the TankerTrackers ship tracking service.
Several other vessels left ports empty-handed, and specifically, no tankers loaded cargoes at the country's main oil port in Jose on Saturday.
Reuters added that this export suspension could force Venezuela to further reduce oil production. Previously, the Wall Street Journal reported, based on ship tracking data and maritime brokers, that a tanker heading to Venezuela to transport oil had changed course and was now heading for Nigeria. Four other ships were reported to have stopped sailing after the US attack.
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