Her Excellency Paula Henao Vera
Minister of People's Power for Hydrocarbons
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
A Petroleum Engineer who graduated from the University of Oriente (Universidad de Oriente), Anzoátegui Campus, Venezuela, in 2001. She obtained a Diploma in the Evaluation and Planning of Artificial Lift Methods for Hydrocarbon Production from the Metropolitan University (Universidad Metropolitana), Anzoátegui Campus, in 2007. She is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in General Management at the University of Oriente. She has more than 24 years of experience in the oil industry, with expertise in key areas including heavy and extra-heavy crude oil management, offshore operations, horizontal drilling, planning and control of capital investment projects, economic evaluations, and reservoir characterization and monitoring.