Venezuela’s Oil Industry Is Killing South America's Oldest Lake | OilPrice.com

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Despite announcements of clean-up efforts by the Maduro regime, the continuous extraction and oil spills, combined with the country's crisis, suggest the damage to Lake Maracaibo may be irreversible.

socialist Bolivarian revolution, the damage now appears irreversible.

There are reputedly more than 10,000 oil-related installations dotted around Lake Maracaibo and along with thousands of miles of petroleum industry pipelines crisscrossing the body of water. Much, if not all, of that aging energy industry infrastructure, including pipelines, storage tanks and derricks, has fallen into disrepair, leaving it heavily corroded and steadily leaking crude oil into the lake.

 

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