Venezuela refinery blast: Toll rises to 26
August 26th, 2012 - 8:56 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Aug 26 (IANS) The toll in a powerful blast at a refinery in Venezuela has risen to 26, officials said. A 10-year-old child was among the dead.The blast that ... Read more...
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Seven die in Venezuelan refinery blast
August 25th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Aug 25 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 48 injured Saturday in a gas explosion at an oil refinery in western Venezuela, media reports said.The incident took ... Read more...
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Venezuela to pay nationalized US firms $420 mn
March 26th, 2012 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, March 26 (IANS/EFE) State energy giant Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) will pay US natural gas companies Williams Cos Inc. and Exterran Holdings Inc. a total of $420 million ... Read more...
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Venezuela to invest $45 bn to build, maintain refineries
October 1st, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Oct 1 (IANS/EFE) State-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA said it plans to invest $45 billion this decade to maintain its domestic refinery network in the country and build other ... Read more...
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Italian oil giant to invest $7 bn in Venezuela
July 16th, 2011 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, July 16 (IANS/EFE) Italian oil major ENI plans to invest $7 billion in projects in Venezuela with the aim of boosting its output there to 240,000 barrels per day ... Read more...
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Venezuela, Cuba sign oil exploration treaty
April 23rd, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, April 23 (IANS/EFE) Venezuela and Cuba have signed a treaty for exploration of crude oil and natural gas in two Venezuelan states, the state-owned oil authority has said.
The joint venture, named ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves $2.18 bn investment in Venezuela oil block
March 19th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The cabinet Friday approved an investment of $2.18 billion (Rs.10,900 crore) by three state-run companies - ONGC Videsh, Indian Oil Corporation and Oil India - in ... Read more...
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Venezuelan economy shrank 3.3 percent in 2009
March 3rd, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, March 3 (IANS/EFE) The Venezuelan economy contracted by 3.3 percent last year amid the global recession and a decline in oil revenues, the country's central bank said.
The president of the Banco ... Read more...
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Venezuela, Brazil seal accord on oil refinery
October 31st, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
El Tigre (Venezuela), Oct 31 (EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed more than a dozen accords here, including a significant pact on a ... Read more...
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Ecuador and Venezuela promote energy integration
August 30th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Puerto Ordaz (Venezuela) Aug 30 (IANS) Ecuador and Venezuela have entered into an "energy integration" plan to ensure energy security in the region, Ecuador's petroleum minister Galo Chiriboga said, EFE news agency ... Read more...
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