A total of 13 drills, one each month, will start to land in Venezuela from China ending July, reported Minister of Energy and Petroleum and CEO of state-run oil holding Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) Rafael Ramírez.
 
Once the arrival is complete, which is expected to occur in 2008, the drills will be assembled in Venezuelan territory.

Further, the minister noted that Pdvsa will retake the control of more than 46 similar equipments property of Pdvsa that were in private hands.

In order to operate the drills, a subsidiary called Pdvsa Servicios will be organized, Ramírez told official Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (ABN).