Panel Discussion 3: Reinvest: Making Venezuelan Oil Bankable

Risk, Contracts & Investor Confidence: What It Takes to Unlock Capital at Scale. As Venezuela seeks to attract large-scale capital back into its oil sector, the defining challenge is not just opportunity — but bankability. Investors, lenders and operators require clarity, predictability and robust frameworks before committing to multi-year programmes in a complex, legal frameworks-sensitive environment. With a government target of $1.4 billion in oil investment for 2026, this session explores what must change — and what structures must be in place — to unlock sustained capital inflows, enable partnerships, and support long-term production growth.

With: Ramón Andrade, Partner, Ponte Andrade & Casanova (PAC); Andres Martinez Gaggioni, Managing Director, ArtCap Strategies; Juan Pablo Fernandez-Ranvier, Managing Director & Head of Capital Latam, Amicorp Curazao B.V.; Miguel Mariano Freyre, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de Bancas Especializadas, Banesco Banco Universal; Ricardo Concha, Oil, Gas, Petrochemicals, and Mining Manager, Member of the Executive Committee, Mercantil Banco Universal

Moderated by: Patricia Garip, Latin America Editor, Bloomberg News