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OTC: PDVSA is acquiring for
the first time ever a new jack-up

Jack-up rig


HOUSTON
Petroleumworld.com, May 9, 2008

Venezuela's oil company PDVSA is acquiring for offshore work, a new jack-up rig from Keppel AmFels shipyard in Louisiana for Scorpion Offshore Inc. to work in the Gazprom Urumaco 1 and Urumaco 2 blocks of the Rafael Urdaneta project in the Gulf of Venezuela, a source at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston said.- story

US calls computer files linking Chavez
to FARC authentic: report

Reuters

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) and senior rebel
commander Ivan Marquez of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
of Colombia (FARC) walk at Miraflores Palace in Caracas
November 8, 2007.

NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com, May 9, 2008

US intelligence officials believe seized computer files showing strong ties between Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Colombian rebels are authentic, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.- story

OIL PRICES:

OPEC Basket $116.93 05/08

Venezuelan Basket: $103.25 05/02

05/08 :BRENT IPE $122.84 NYMEX WTI-$123.69

05/08 :US$/VBOF:Parallel BsF 3.25 buy 3.40- sell

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OTC: "There is plenty oil in the world' - Sandrea

Dr. Rafael Sandrea, president of IPC Petroleum Consultants Inc.

HOUSTON
Petroleumworld.com, May 8, 2008- story

World oil prices strike fresh record

SINGAPORE
Petroleumworld.com, May 8, 2008- story

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PDVSA’S 20-F for 2003
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange
Commission on
October 7, 2005.

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