Dominica
receives asphalt from Venezuela under Petrocaribe
agreement
Caribbean
news
CARACAS
Petroleumworldtt.com.
06 11 06
Sources from Venezuela´s State-run PDVSA oil
stated that Dominica has received the first shipment
of 1.2 billion barrels of asphalt under the PETROCARIBE
energy cooperation agreement. A PDVSA communiqué
informed that the asphalt will be supplied every
three months and stems from talks between PDV Caribe,
main promoter of the deal, and Dominican officials.
The
asphalt will be used to surface major roads in Dominica
to improve land transport, according to reports.
PDVSA
Deputy President Alejandro Granado asserted that
a group of PDV Caribe technicians will travel to
Dominica next week to define clauses and terms to
set up a joint venture.
Dominica
will host a meeting on July 14 to examine the proposal
to make Antigua and Barbuda strategic for maintaining
and supplying fuel to the Caribbean.
Energy
ministers from St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada,
Antigua and Barbuda, and St Kitts and Nevis will
participate.
In
June 2005, 13 Caribbean nations and Venezuela signed
the PETROCARIBE accord to draw up policies and strategies
to attain integration through the sovereign use
of natural energy resources.
Caribbean
news Jun 9, 2006
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