Argentina, Venezuela in oil deal
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The presidents of Argentina and Venezuela extend their food-for-oil agreement.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela on Sunday slapped  higher taxes on foreign oil companies operating in its huge  Orinoco heavy crude belt in what President Hugo Chavez called a  drive to tighten sovereign control over petroleum resources.
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London Mayor Ken Livingstone is to sign an oil deal with the Venezuelan government giving cheap fuel and cut-price travel.
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Cuba, which for decades has struggled with crippling energy crises, has black gold and could be OPEC-bound, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said with a smile.
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ConocoPhillips  and Chevron  have agreed to comply with a Venezuelan decree to cede by May 1 the operations of multi-billion dollar projects in the Orinoco oil reserve, the state oil company said on Thursday.
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Venezuela has agreed to sell gasoline to Iran, which last week launched a delayed fuel rationing scheme, Venezuela's energy minister said in remarks published on Tuesday.
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President Hugo Chavez's government moved to nationalize Venezuela's largest private electric company on Thursday, signing an agreement to buy a controlling stake in Electricidad de Caracas from its U.S.-based owner, AES Corp.
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Venezuela's President Chavez says he wants the state to take over oil projects on the Orinoco Belt by May.
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Brazil and Venezuela boost their strategic alliance by signing a range of trade agreements.
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Colombia agreed Wednesday to allow Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to send his planes and helicopters into its territory to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels.
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Conoco Phillips is pulling out of its Venezuelan oil ventures after failing to agree on new contract terms with the populist government of President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez, and Exxon Mobil said it had also reached an impasse in negotiations there.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez  bolstered his cooperation with Cuba on Saturday by signing  energy, farming and finance accords, including a deal to expand  of one of his socialist ally's oil refineries.
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President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela wrapped up a four-day visit to China on Sunday with agreements that promise to open Venezuela&#39;s oil and natural gas fields to China.
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Oil companies BP Plc , Chevron Corp. , Total  and Statoil  have agreed to sign a deal on Monday with Venezuela for the state takeover of a majority stake in multibillion dollar oil projects, a government source told Reuters on Monday.
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Meeting with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday said &quot;Russia and Venezuela are large oil producers.
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By Anonymous  Petrobras, PDVSA plan refinery in Brazil  Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) and Venezuela's Petroleos de Venezuela SA jointly plan to build a $2 billion refinery in Brazil's northern Pernambuco state.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is ordering foreign oil companies to pay much higher taxes, in a move to tighten state control over his country&#39;s vast petroleum resources.