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Major U.S. oil firms Exxon Mobil and Conoco Philips are the latest losers in Hugo Chavez' ongoing campaign to nationalize industry in Venezuela. The Associated Press noted that the Chavez government "took majority control of Venezuela's last privately run oil projects May 1 and gave the companies until Tuesday to decide whether they would accept new terms as junior partners." Several companies, including Chevron, British Petroleum, France's Total SA and Norway's Statoil ASA, reached agreements with the Venezuelan government, but Exxon and Conoco, both with significant investments in the country, did not, and opted instead to walk away from the unpredictable neo-communist regime in Caracas.
The agreement reached between the remaining oil producers and Venezuela was announced by Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez in a televised ceremony, according to Business Week. ...