Compliance & research tool · Updated April 2026

SEC EDGAR Venezuela & PDVSA Disclosure Search

Pre-canned full-text searches across the SEC EDGAR corpus for any mention of Venezuela, PDVSA, CITGO, impairment charges, contingent liabilities, or sanctions exposure in 10-K, 20-F, 10-Q, and 8-K filings.

What this does

SEC EDGAR's full-text search is free and powerful but the UI is hostile to the questions analysts actually ask. This tool packages seven of the most common Venezuela-research queries — written by someone who has spent too many hours in efts.sec.gov — so you can launch them with one click, with the right form filter and date window already applied.

Each preset opens directly on EDGAR. If you want a sourced, pre-analysed answer for a specific S&P 500 ticker instead, type the company below — we'll route you to its Venezuela-exposure profile page (OFAC SDN match, EDGAR scan, news corpus, all in one place).

Look up a specific S&P 500 company

Type a name (e.g. Chevron, Halliburton) or ticker (CVX, HAL, SLB). We resolve to the canonical Venezuela-exposure profile for that ticker, which already includes the EDGAR full-text scan results inline.

Pre-canned EDGAR research queries

Each card below opens an SEC EDGAR full-text search with the query, form types, and date window already filled in. You can edit any of them on EDGAR's UI once it loads.

Any Venezuela / PDVSA / CITGO mention (10-K, 20-F, 10-Q)

"Which public companies disclosed Venezuela, PDVSA, or CITGO in their most recent annual or quarterly reports?"

The widest possible Venezuela disclosure net. Use this as the starting point — every company that mentions Venezuela in an annual or quarterly will appear here.

Forms: 10-K, 20-F, 10-Q · Window: last 2.0 years
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Venezuela impairment / write-down disclosures

"Which companies have booked an impairment, write-down, or deconsolidation tied to their Venezuelan operations?"

The historical-exposure question. Most multinationals exited Venezuela between 2015 and 2020 via impairment charges or deconsolidation — this surfaces those filings.

Forms: 10-K, 20-F, 10-Q, 8-K · Window: last 2.0 years
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PDVSA / CITGO counterparty exposure

"Which companies disclose PDVSA or CITGO as a customer, supplier, joint-venture partner, or off-take counterparty?"

PDVSA's commercial counterparties have to disclose the relationship under both materiality and OFAC-compliance rules. This is the cleanest way to enumerate them.

Forms: 10-K, 20-F, 10-Q, 8-K · Window: last 2.0 years
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Venezuela contingent liabilities / arbitration disclosures

"Which companies disclose ongoing arbitration, expropriation claims, or contingent liabilities tied to Venezuela?"

Decades of expropriation claims (ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Crystallex, etc.) are still working through ICSID and US courts. This preset surfaces who is still litigating.

Forms: 10-K, 20-F, 10-Q, 8-K · Window: last 2.0 years
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Venezuela OFAC sanctions compliance disclosures

"Which companies disclose OFAC Venezuela sanctions, general licenses, or sanctions-compliance risks in their filings?"

Most companies that discuss OFAC Venezuela sanctions in a 10-K do so because they have, or had, exposure they need to ring-fence. Useful for the compliance-officer-as-investor.

Forms: 10-K, 20-F, 10-Q, 8-K · Window: last 2.0 years
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Venezuelan sovereign / PDVSA bond exposure

"Which funds or insurers hold (or held) Venezuelan sovereign or PDVSA debt and disclosed it in their reports?"

Distressed-debt funds, EM bond funds, and insurers held Venezuela paper through default. N-CSR and N-Q forms expose fund-level holdings.

Forms: 10-K, 20-F, N-CSR, N-Q · Window: last 2.0 years
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CITGO / PDV Holding share-pledge & collateral disclosures

"Which creditors have disclosed CITGO / PDV Holding shares as collateral, security, or judgment satisfaction?"

CITGO's parent (PDVH) is the asset behind the Crystallex Delaware auction. Bondholders, judgment creditors, and advisers all touch it in their filings.

Forms: 10-K, 20-F, 10-Q, 8-K · Window: last 2.0 years
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Curated S&P 500 companies known to disclose Venezuela

These 22 S&P 500 tickers have a documented, hand-curated Venezuela exposure on the Caracas Research register — direct operations, indirect subsidiary exposure, or historical impairments. Each row links to the full Venezuela-exposure profile and to a pre-canned EDGAR search filtered to that company's CIK.

Ticker Company Exposure One-line note Open
BKR Baker Hughes direct Baker Hughes provides drilling and pressure-pumping services to PdVSA under OFAC General License 8, similar in structure to Halliburton's and SLB's authorizations. Profile EDGAR
CVX Chevron direct Chevron is the most operationally Venezuela-exposed S&P 500 company. Profile EDGAR
HAL Halliburton direct Halliburton has historically been one of the largest oilfield-services providers to PdVSA. Profile EDGAR
SLB Schlumberger direct Schlumberger (now SLB) provides oilfield services to PdVSA-operated fields under OFAC General License 8 series. Profile EDGAR
KO Coca-Cola Company (The) indirect Coca-Cola maintains Venezuelan operations through its bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), which has continued limited bottling and distribution despite repeated supply-chain interruptions. Profile EDGAR
MSFT Microsoft indirect Microsoft maintains regional sales coverage for Venezuela via its Latin America operations but has no direct local subsidiary of consequence. Profile EDGAR
PEP PepsiCo indirect PepsiCo operates in Venezuela through Empresas Polar bottling and snacks partnerships. Profile EDGAR
BLK BlackRock historical BlackRock funds historically held Venezuelan sovereign and PdVSA debt across passive emerging-markets products. Profile EDGAR
C Citigroup historical Citigroup historically held Venezuelan sovereign and PdVSA bonds in trading books. Profile EDGAR
CL Colgate-Palmolive historical Colgate-Palmolive disclosed full deconsolidation of its Venezuelan subsidiary in 2015 due to currency-control regulations preventing meaningful US-dollar control of operations. Profile EDGAR
F Ford Motor historical Ford's Venezuelan assembly plant in Valencia operated for decades but production fell to near-zero under hyperinflation. Profile EDGAR
GE GE Aerospace historical GE's power-systems and oilfield-services divisions historically supplied PdVSA and the Venezuelan power grid. Profile EDGAR
GM General Motors historical General Motors' Venezuelan plant was seized by the Venezuelan government in 2017. Profile EDGAR
GS Goldman Sachs historical Goldman Sachs Asset Management drew controversy in 2017 for purchasing PdVSA 2022 bonds at a steep discount. Profile EDGAR
JNJ Johnson & Johnson historical Johnson & Johnson significantly reduced its Venezuelan footprint after 2015. Profile EDGAR
JPM JPMorgan Chase historical JPMorgan's emerging-markets bond indices historically included Venezuelan sovereign and PdVSA paper. Profile EDGAR
MMM 3M historical 3M historically operated a Venezuelan subsidiary serving industrial and consumer markets; activity sharply curtailed post-2017. Profile EDGAR
MPC Marathon Petroleum historical Marathon Petroleum operates US Gulf Coast refineries with the cokers needed to process Venezuelan heavy crude. Profile EDGAR
PG Procter & Gamble historical Procter & Gamble suspended manufacturing in Venezuela in 2018 amid hyperinflation and currency controls. Profile EDGAR
PSX Phillips 66 historical Phillips 66 is the largest US refiner of heavy sour crude, the grade Venezuela produces. Profile EDGAR
T AT&T historical AT&T's DirecTV Latin America subsidiary was seized by the Venezuelan government in 2020 after the company suspended service to comply with US sanctions. Profile EDGAR
VLO Valero Energy historical Valero is one of the few US Gulf Coast refiners configured for Venezuelan heavy crude. Profile EDGAR

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Methodology & disclaimer. All preset queries deeplink into the SEC's official efts.sec.gov full-text search; we don't proxy or intercept the request. The curated company list is maintained by Caracas Research analysts and reviewed quarterly. Results from EDGAR are not legal or compliance advice — verify the underlying filing and consult qualified sanctions counsel before relying on a disclosure for a transaction.

Frequently asked questions

Which S&P 500 companies disclose Venezuela exposure to the SEC?
As of April 2026, Chevron (CVX) is the most operationally Venezuela-exposed S&P 500 company through its OFAC GL 41-authorised PDVSA joint ventures. Halliburton (HAL), Schlumberger (SLB), and Baker Hughes (BKR) all disclose historical write-downs and residual exposure. ConocoPhillips (COP) and ExxonMobil (XOM) carry contingent assets from ICSID arbitration. Use the curated table on this page for the full list of S&P 500 disclosers.
How do I search SEC EDGAR for Venezuela-related disclosures?
Open https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index/ and enter a query like '"Venezuela" OR "PdVSA"' constrained to forms 10-K, 20-F, 10-Q, and 8-K over a 24-month window. The seven preset cards on this page each open EDGAR with that work already done — including impairment, contingent-liability, OFAC compliance, and CITGO collateral queries.
Why combine Venezuela, impairment, and contingent-liability search terms?
Venezuela exposure rarely shows up as a standalone disclosure. Most S&P 500 companies that operated in Venezuela during the 2015-2020 expropriation cycle now reference it indirectly — via impairment charges (write-downs of plant and equipment), deconsolidation footnotes, or contingent liabilities for ongoing ICSID arbitration. Searching for those terms alongside 'Venezuela' or 'PDVSA' is the most reliable way to find substantive disclosure.

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