"Event" affects Venezuelan oil refinery
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Venezuelan state oil company  PDVSA on Saturday said an "operational event" had affected a  unit of the 640,000 barrel per day (bpd) Amuay refinery.
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Venezuela has asked US oil giant ExxonMobil to resume World Bank-sponsored talks to resolve a nationalization dispute and to drop legal cases in New York and London, Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said Tuesday.
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Supporters and rivals warn of possible fraud; government says Chavez's defeat could produce turmoil in world oil market.
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Venezuela's plan to strip some of  the world's biggest oil companies of their controlling stakes  in the heavy oil projects of the country's Orinoco Belt is a  "disturbing trend" that could harm the OPEC member's economy, a  U.S. Energy Department spokesman said on Thursday.
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A third of the countryâs oil refineries have reported disruptions like fires, power failures, leaks, spills and breakdowns this year.
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A thunderous explosion rocked an oil refinery Monday, injuring five people and shaking buildings miles away.
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Oil refineries across America have been plagued by a record number of fires, power failures, leaks, spills, and breakdowns this year, causing dozens of them to shut down temporarily or trim production. The disruptions are helping to drive gasoline prices to highs not seen since last summer's records.
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President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to stop sending oil to the United States if it continued to attack Venezuela as he said it had done through an Exxon Mobil  lawsuit that has frozen the assets of the OPEC nation.
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President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday set a May Day deadline for the world's biggest oil firms to surrender their control of multibillion-dollar crude projects, speeding up nationalizations a day after receiving powers to rule by decree.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatens to cut off his country's oil shipments to the United States if a court ruling goes forward ordering Venezuelan assets be frozen in a case brought by Exxon Mobil.
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Oil prices ranged widely Monday, supported by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's threat to cut off sales to the United States
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Venezuela and Malaysia may team up to build an oil refinery in the Asian nation, President Hugo Chavez said Monday after meeting with Malaysia's prime minister to discuss expanding trade and deepening ties.
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Kansas officials said on  Monday they were trying to contain damage from a significant  oil refinery spill that occurred over the weekend as raging  floodwaters wreaked havoc through the southeast part of the  state.
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An explosion shook a sugar refinery, starting a fire and injuring dozens of people, the authorities said.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez on Friday froze bilateral accords and business deals  with Colombia in retaliation for a Colombian police operation  that abducted a top Colombian Marxist rebel from Venezuela.
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Venezuelan police fired tear gas and plastic bullets Monday into a crowd of thousands protesting a decision by President Hugo Chavez that forced a television station critical of his leftist government off the air.