This Wednesday, the Presidential Commission Alí Rodríguez Araque, denounces a new criminal sabotage perpetrated at the facilities of the Poliducto de Oriente (Eastern Pipeline Network), located in Anzoátegui state.
Through a communiqué, it was denounced “the new criminal sabotage perpetrated against the facilities of the Venezuelan oil industry. It is about the explosion caused, yesterday, Tuesday, January 11, 2022, of the Poliducto de Oriente, located in the municipality of Naricual, in the city of Barcelona, Anzoátegui state, from which all the fuel is distributed to the states from the East of the country”.
“This criminal action is part of the permanent war directed by groups belonging to the Venezuelan extreme right that, protected by North American imperialism, seek to attempt and boycott the important advances that the Bolivarian Government has achieved within the new production system”, reported part of the writing.
The Sectoral Vice President for Citizen Security and Peace, A / J Remigio Ceballos Ichaso, reported that the fire has been progressively controlled, thanks to the work carried out by the PDVSA Integral Security Directorate, the Bolivarian National Police (PNB), State and Municipal Police corps.
Following, the full text of the Communiqué:
“The Presidential Commission “Alí Rodríguez Araque”, denounces before the public, national and international opinion, the new criminal sabotage perpetrated against the facilities of the Venezuelan oil industry. It is about the explosion caused on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, of the Poliducto de Oriente, located in the Naricual municipality, in the city of Barcelona, Anzoátegui state, from which all the fuel is distributed to the states from the East of the country.
This criminal action is part of the permanent war directed by groups belonging to the Venezuelan extreme right that, protected by North American imperialism, seek to attempt and boycott the important advances that the Bolivarian Government has achieved within the new system of production, distribution and commercialization of fuels across the country.
All of this adds to the criminal record of sanctions and threats to which the Venezuelan oil industry has been subjected during the last five years by oppositionist and extremist sectors, whose agenda continues to be one of violence, with the pretended intention of interrupting all operations associated with PDVSA in its different areas.
In the same way, we inform the entire country that all PDVSA teams have been deployed at the accident site to activate the respective contingency protocols, as well as to adopt all the necessary measures to guarantee, immediately, in a timely manner and in record time, the operational restitution of the attacked infrastructure and thus avoid the interruption of the fuel distribution service in this important region of the country.
The Bolivarian Government headed by President Nicolás Maduro, together with the heroic working class of PDVSA, ratifies its commitment to continue working tirelessly until achieving the full recovery and strengthening of the industrial and technological infrastructure of the oil industry, to overcome adversity and advance towards new horizons of well-being and development for the Venezuelan people.”
Caracas, January 12, 2022
