Camara Petrolera de Venezuela Capitulo Zulia

What Camara Petrolera de Venezuela Capitulo Zulia does

Camara Petrolera de Venezuela Capitulo Zulia is a non-profit gremial (trade association) representing private-sector companies in the Venezuelan petroleum, petrochemical, gas, and coal industries. The national Cámara Petrolera de Venezuela was founded on May 24, 1978 following nationalization of the oil industry, and the Zulia chapter began operations in 1986 to serve western Venezuela. As of the latest available data the chapter has 187 member companies spanning capital goods manufacturing, engineering and consulting, well services, technical services, suppliers, transportation, customs, banking, insurance, and construction, while the national organization represents more than 700 private oil-sector firms across chapters in Zulia, Falcón, Carabobo, Anzoátegui, and Monagas.

The chapter's core offerings are institutional rather than technological: it maintains a member company directory, organizes the annual Latin American Oil Exhibition (LAPS) and Hydrocarbons Congress, hosts training workshops on labor, tax, and safety topics, publishes press notes, and provides advocacy before PDVSA, the Ministerio del Poder Popular de Petróleo y Minería, and other public bodies. The organization's digital presence is a basic HTML directory website requiring legacy browser plugins (Microsoft Internet Explorer and Flash Player), with no public APIs, mobile applications, or proprietary technology platform.

Its revenue model is membership dues and ancillary chamber services (events, training, directory listings); pricing is not publicly disclosed. The board, led as of 2015 by President Enrique Novoa Romero (N&V Consultores), is elected from among member companies, reflecting standard gremial governance rather than shareholder ownership.

Name

Camara Petrolera de Venezuela Capitulo Zulia

Legal name

Cámara Petrolera de Venezuela

Website

https://cpzulia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cámara Petrolera de Venezuela Capítulo Zulia is a non-profit trade association founded in 1978 (Zulia chapter active since 1986) representing 187 private-sector member companies in Venezuela's petroleum, petrochemical, gas, and coal industries through advocacy, events, training, and institutional representation before PDVSA and government.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Maracaibo

HQ country

Venezuela

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues and chamber services: The organization is a non-profit institution that generates revenue through membership fees from its 700+ member companies nationally and 187 in the Zulia chapter, providing services such as directory listings, event organization, training workshops, and institutional representation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

C\u00e1mara Petrolera de Venezuela Cap\u00edtulo Zulia is a non-profit trade association representing 187 private petroleum sector companies in the Zulia region of Venezuela. It provides institutional representation before PDVSA and government bodies, member company directories, industry events such as the annual Latin American Petroleum Exhibition (LAPS) and Hydrocarbons Congress, training workshops, and advocacy services aimed at promoting member participation in oil, gas, petrochemical, and coal projects.

Product overview

Camara Petrolera de Venezuela Capitulo Zulia is a non-profit industry trade association (gremio) for the petroleum, gas, petrochemical, and coal sector in Venezuela. The organization does not offer commercial products or technology services; instead, it provides member services including a business directory of affiliated companies (manufacturers, service providers, engineering/consulting firms, and suppliers), organizes industry events such as the annual Latin American Petroleum Exhibition (LAPS), maintains a legal/regulatory document repository, operates a job search portal, and publishes industry news and press releases for its approximately 187 member companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chamber Membership

Named customers2 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Unión de Empresas Rusas de Petróleo y GascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 November 2015Agreement signed on November 3, 2015 for technological integration between Cámara Petrolera de Venezuela and the Union of Russian Oil and Gas Companies. The CPV was represented by Mario Castillo, President of the Anzoátegui Chapter, and former president Mauricio Canard. This followed earlier commercial integration agreements with Russian companies signed in November 2015.
• Copa AirlinesminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 October 2015Copa Airlines, based in Panama, announced increased daily flights from Maracaibo to Panama City for connections to 73 destinations. Copa visited CPV Capítulo Zulia headquarters to announce this expansion serving the western Venezuela region.
• Cámara Petrolera de Venezuela – Capítulo Anzoátegui (Capetanz)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2015Commercial and technological integration agreements signed with Russian companies, backed by Capetanz and CPV national organization.
• Regional Confederation of Oil Service Companies (Latin America)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 September 2015Representatives from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela oil service chambers formed a Regional Confederation during the oil week organized by Campetrol. The confederation aims to encourage business across the continent through cooperation and joint initiatives. CPV participated as the Venezuelan representative.
• Fondonorma (Fondo para la Normalización y Certificación de la Calidad)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 14 January 2015CPV Capítulo Monagas signed a training agreement with Fondonorma in January 2015, providing certification services for product certification (Fondonorma Mark), system certification, and personnel training for oil companies in eastern Venezuela.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• American Petroleum Institute (API): Largest U.S. trade association for the oil and gas industry, comparable in gremial mission (standards, advocacy, networking) to CPV Zulia but operating at national U.S. scale across upstream, midstream, and downstream.
• Fedecamaras (Venezuela): National umbrella federation of Venezuelan business chambers. Comparable gremial role at broader national level, of which CPV is a sector-specific affiliate, providing general business advocacy and member services.
• World Petroleum Council (WPC): International oil industry organization promoting dialogue and sustainable development across the sector. Comparable in its oil-sector convening and advocacy role, though broader global reach versus CPV Zulia's regional focus.
• Asociación Colombiana del Petróleo (ACP): Colombian oil and gas trade association representing the broader value chain (not just services). Comparable gremial function at industry level in a neighboring Latin American market with traditional private/state operator dynamics.
• IADC (International Association of Drilling Contractors): Global trade association for the drilling industry, covering well services operators that are core member segments of CPV Zulia. Comparable gremial function (drilling/well services advocacy, standards, training) but at international scale.

Direct peers

• Cámara Petrolera de Venezuela (National): The national parent chamber of which Capitulo Zulia is a regional chapter. Shares the same gremial mission, membership model, and PDVSA-facing advocacy role, operating other regional chapters (Falcón, Carabobo, Anzoátegui, Monagas).

Regional players

• Federación de Cámaras y Asociaciones Petroleras de América Latina (FECAPETROL): Regional federation of Latin American petroleum chambers and associations, comparable in gremial scope to the Regional Confederation that CPV helped form, providing a higher-level industry coordination function.
• AMESP (Asociación Mexicana de Empresas de Servicios Petroleros): Mexican oil services industry association and partner in the Regional Confederation. Comparable gremial mandate representing private service providers to state operator Pemex, with similar upstream-services membership base as CPV Zulia.
• Cámara de Servicios Petroleros de Argentina: Argentine oil services chamber and fellow co-founder of the Regional Confederation of Oil Service Companies alongside CPV. Performs the same gremial function (representing private service firms before state operator) in a different Latin American geography.
• Campetrol (Cámara Colombiana de Bienes y Servicios de Petróleo, Gas y Energía): Colombian oil and gas industry chamber that CPV partnered with to form the Regional Confederation of Oil Service Companies. Direct functional counterpart representing private oil service suppliers in a neighboring Latin American market with shared PDVSA-style state operator dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/camara-petrolera-de-venezuela-capitulo-zulia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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