ReutersVenezuela PDVSA awards $3.2 billion oil service contracts, protest brewsReutersCARACAS/HOUSTON Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA said on Wednesday it has awarded $3.2 billion in contracts to drill wells in the Orinoco Belt, although sources cl …

ReutersVenezuela says OPEC, non-OPEC oil stabilizing deal 'close'ReutersOPEC members may call an extraordinary meeting to discuss oil prices if they reach consensus at an informal gathering in Algiers this month, OPEC Secretary-General Mohammed Bar …

ReutersSpecial Report: In Venezuela's murky oil industry, the deal that went too farReutersLast August, state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA issued one of its largest tenders in recent years: a multi-billion dollar project in the Orinoco Belt, t …

ReutersVenezuela says better oil loans deal reached with ChinaReutersCARACAS Venezuela has reached a deal with its main financier China to improve the conditions of an oil-for-loans deal, giving the OPEC member's crisis-hit economy "oxygen" a …

Ecuador taps Petroecuador boss as new oil ministerReuters"With the current oil environment, we need someone who knows more about finance and business, and that's Carlos Pareja," President Rafael Correa said in his usual Saturday TV program. T …

Yahoo News UKINSIGHT-Pirates and hold-ups: crime strikes Venezuela's oil industryReuters UKOn the other side of the OPEC country in Monagas state, around 26,000 potential barrels were lost in March during a shutdown after state oil company employees an …