Chevron.

CHEVRON, a U.S. oil company, said Venezuela Venezuela (vĕnəzwā`lə, Span. vānāswā`lä), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, republic (2005 est. pop. 25,375,000), 352,143 sq mi (912,050 sq km), N South America. Venezuela has a coastline 1,750 mi (2,816 km) long on the Caribbean Sea in the north. awarded it an exploration license to prospect for oil off western Venezuela. Chevron said the bid is part of its strategy to increase natural gas production off Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela.

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Title Annotation:	VENEZUELA
Publication:	Latin Trade
Date:	Dec 1, 2005
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