Venezuela

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December 25, 2018
Hess Corp. tumbled the most in almost three years, wiping out $1.5 billion in market valuation, after work at the oil explorer’s most promising international investment was halted by a Venezuelan blockade.
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November 25, 2018
Venezuela’s fuel shortages are worsening as mass resignations at the state oil company’s tanker fleet have delayed gasoline shipments.
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October 25, 2018
ConocoPhillips’ decade-old legal war with Venezuela began paying off this week as the embattled Latin American country started making good on a $2-billion arbitration settlement one barrel of crude at a time.
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September 13, 2018
The International Energy Agency warned that oil prices could break out above $80/bbl unless other producers act to offset deepening supply losses in Iran and Venezuela.
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August 26, 2018
Trinidad and Tobago will continue to ship super-chilled natural gas all over the world, with a little help from Venezuela.
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August 20, 2018
ConocoPhillips said it will recover about $2 billion in a settlement pact with Petroleos de Venezuela, the state-owned oil company, for oil assets seized in 2007.
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June 17, 2018
Iran says Venezuela and Iraq will join it in blocking a proposal to increase oil production that’s backed by Saudi Arabia and Russia when OPEC and its allies meet in Vienna this week.
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June 13, 2018
Iran and Venezuela could lose almost 30% of their oil output next year due to U.S. sanctions and economic upheaval, requiring extra supplies from OPEC's Gulf members.
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June 12, 2018
OPEC will probably overcome internal disputes to agree on a production increase next week to temper rallying prices.
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June 07, 2018
Venezuela wrote to fellow OPEC members urging them to unite against U.S. sanctions, echoing a similar letter from Iran, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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June 05, 2018
London (Bloomberg) -- Crude declined after the U.S. government was said to have asked Saudi Arabia and other OPEC producers to raise oil supply.
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June 04, 2018
OPEC is holding oil production steady even as it debates an increase.
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May 22, 2018
Crude extended its three-year high as a new wave of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela stoked concerns over its crude production and as analysts forecast further declines in American stockpiles.
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May 21, 2018
Oil traded near $71/bbl, paring earlier gains, as the International Energy Agency said it’s in talks with producing nations to step in should sanctions be imposed on Venezuela, resulting in a supply shortfall.
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May 11, 2018
ConocoPhillips may finish what U.S. sanctions started.
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May 09, 2018
While the world ponders the fate of Iran’s exports, the oil market is exposed more than ever to the effects of Venezuela’s spectacular production collapse.
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May 07, 2018
Plunging Venezuelan crude production; sanctions disrupting Iranian oil exports; Saudi Arabia pushing for even higher prices; North Korea peace talks -- the coming weeks bring an abundance of risks for the oil market.
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May 04, 2018
Rafael Ramirez, the once all-powerful Venezuelan oil czar, says the state producer he ran for almost 10 years is on the brink of collapse.
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April 18, 2018
Two employees of Chevron were arrested in Venezuela as President Nicolas Maduro cracks down on alleged corruption.
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April 11, 2018
The 2016 OPEC initiative to clear surplus supply was successful. By year-end, the group could lose the same amount of crude unintentionally.
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