The Venezuela Opportunity
- The 2026 reform materially improves fiscal competitiveness
- Government Take reduced from ~80 – 90% to ~50 – 60%
- Shut-in production and infrastructure base enables rapid reactivation
- Opportunity to rapidly unlock value through operational execution
Investment Decision Process
Plata Energy as partner of choice
- Technical Advisory: Evaluating feasibility and risks
- Commercial Advisory: Assessing market viabilityand profitability
- M&A Advisory: Structuring and executingmergers and acquisitions
- Opportunity Structuring: Organizing and refininginvestment plans
- Execution: Implementing andmanaging investments
Plata Energy in Venezuela
- 11 Professionals with top Venezuela expertise in operations, production and exploration
- Major E&P operators experience with Repsol, Shell, Chevron and ENI in Venezuelan projects
- Highly experienced in Oriente, Maracaibo, Faja Orinoco, and Offshore basins.
- Proven results in Venezuela projects in heavy to light oil, EOR, gas and exploration
Max Torres
Founder & Managing Partner
Board Member
Houston
Geoscientist / MSc
Diego Diaz Baldasso
Senior Partner & Board Member
Houston
MSc / MBA / Mgmt Cons
Ivan Terez
Houston
Pet Eng / PhD Geosciences / MBA
Daniel Verdala
Caracas
Business Adm – Econ & Fin – Accounting / MSc
Kenneth Kibodeaux
Houston
Petroleum Engineer / PhD
Manuel Pagá Castellanos
Madrid
Facilities ENG/ MSC
Sebastián Leoni
Buenos Aires
CHEMICAL ENG / MSC RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
José Foucault
Houston – Buenos Aires
Geoscientist / MSC
Diego Mur
Houston
INDUSTRIAL ENG / MBA
Myriam Juritz
Seattle
Chem Eng / Dr Pet Eng / Mgmt Cons
John Londoño
Bogota
GEOSCIENTIST /PHD
Joselin Hernandez García
Madrid
Senior Geologist / Geoscientist
Libia Landaeta
Bogotá
Petrophycisist
Jacques De Bruijn
Netherlands
Chemical Eng / MSc / MBA
Carlos Vargas
Bogotá
Petroleum Engineer
Plata Energy Team
Real experience to make a difference
- Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt: Hamaca / Ameriven, Junin 5, Carabobo 5, 3 North and 2 South (PetroIndependencia) and PetroCedeno (ex Sincor), Carabobo (PetroCarabobo)
- Monagas and Oriente basin: PetroQuiriquire gas and condensate
Tropical development, Quiriquire Shallow heavy oil, Quiamare, Tacata fields, El Furrial, Yucal Placer and Corozo fields - Maracaibo basin: Mene Grande, Barua Motatan, La Ceiba and Centro de Lago.
- Barinas: Sipororo gas field, Barrancas gas field
- Golfo de Paria: Corocoro field
- Offshore: Golfo de Venezuela: Perla gas field discovery and development and start up production. Rio Caribe development concepts, Plataforma Deltana exploration and development concepts.
- Infrastructure Projects: Puerto La Cruz Refinery, El Palito Refinery, Compression Plant Tia Juana II in Lake Maracaibo. Gas transportation from Cocuina, Loran and Tajali offshore platforms concepts
