Interpellation prompted opposition bench Rafael Ramirez
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Jan 28, 2011, 2:27 a.m. | The dilemma 3.01

million barrels per day (bpd) produced PDVSA, according to official figures.

2,3

million bpd pumped the country, according to OPEC and the EIA. The opposition expects answers about the agreement signed with China for $ 20,000 million, "Minister Ramírez should explain why it has dropped the oil and gas production" Erika Lopez Hidalgo

ehidalgo@cadena-capriles.com

The opposition MPs will demand to their peers of the ruling an interpellation to the Minister of Energy and Petroleum and president of Petroleos de Venezuela, Rafael Ramírez.

The vice chairman of the Energy and Mines of the National Assembly, Antonio Barreto Sira (AD), said there are hundreds of questions to ask the staff, since for years known issues with the country's main economic sector, all Once the hearings of officials have been absent in recent years.

Barreto Sira said that one of the questions you must answer the president of PDVSA is why is oil production plummeted, despite the high prices that have occurred in recent years. "The divestiture of all areas of the oil industry has been evident, the country has to explain why this has happened," said the deputy.

"Venezuelans want to know why there is not enough gas to supply the domestic market. We want to know what happened to the developments in the Deltana Platform in the Gulf of Venezuela and the ancient Mariscal Sucre gas project, before Christopher Columbus. Why nothing has been crystallized, and maintain gas imports from Colombia to supply the Zulia "asks Barreto Sira.

The concern expressed by the deputy on the production of gas has a grip on the fact that if the gas production decreases, thus decreasing the oil. "It's a vicious cycle, considering that almost 85% of proven gas reserves are associated with pumping oil," said Barreto.

The government must resolve the problems surrounding the shortage of gas in the country. Says deputy caucus of Democratic Action that are consuming power plants and fuel oil diesel instead of gas, while access to the cylinders to supply households increasingly complicated, while the national plan offered gasification more than six years ago by the National Gas (Enagas) has not been finalized.

"Increasing gas production in the country would also free up barrels for export which would mean more foreign exchange earnings," said the vice chairman of the Committee of Energy and Mines of the AN.

Another explanation is required, according to Barreto Sira, the minister Rafael Ramirez, "and in particular, is selling a future that Venezuela signed with the Chinese. We want to explain how the mortgage to a country and thus its deposits $ 20,000 million, which sound very long term, in addition to the unknown fate of the resources and do not know the details of the agreement, "the deputy.

The MP stressed that the idea is that the meeting with the president of PDVSA is constructive. Do not believe the debate should be on the ideological level, but in the realities that surround the oil industry of the country and their solutions. Emphasizes that PDVSA must be downloaded so many tasks that are not within its competence, and should focus on their original function is to produce oil.

"The Venezuelan general should know where is the oil industry in his country, is a matter of national interest, because it affects the younger generation," Barreto said Sira.