Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Conoco, Exxon to Quit Venezuelan Oil Projects as Talks Fail, Person Says

(Bloomberg) -- ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil Corp.
will quit Venezuela, where they invested billions of dollars in
oil and natural gas projects, after talks about ownership failed,
said a person on the government's side of the negotiations.

ConocoPhillips will cede its interests in the Petrozuata
heavy-oil joint venture to state-run Petroleos de Venezuela SA,
and Exxon Mobil will give up its concession in the Ceiba oil
block in western Venezuela, Petroleos de Venezuela said in a
statement today. The release didn't disclose the status of the
companies' other interests in the country, which the person said
would be given up.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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