Deltaven is a subsidiary of the state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) whose activity is the marketing of fuels, lubricants, solvents, asphalt, greases and other hydrocarbon derivatives under the PDV trademark.

That year, there was a merger of the state companies Corpoven, Lagoven and Maraven, which marketed fuels, lubricants and other derived products independently.

That year the Monagas Fuel Corporation (CCM) was founded, then in 1998 some companies such as Betapetrol and Trébol Gas were born, in 2000 Llanopetrol began operations, and in 2001 Petrocanarias and Corporación La Petrólea all with Venezuelan capital, in addition to the transnational Texaco, ExxonMobil, BP and Shell.

The shortage of domestic propane gas used in Venezuelan homes for food preparation has also become evident during this crisis, to the extent that firewood has been used for cooking.

During the administration of Nicolás Maduro, the country has experienced a chronic shortage of gasoline since 2014 due to various factors: disinvestment and lack of maintenance of refineries in the country; loss of national crude oil production; shortage of qualified technical personnel; politicization of the industry; corruption and politically motivated fixing of retail prices for years, which has led to loss-making production.