An explosion rocked the Amuay oil refinery in northwestern Venezuela, killing 39 people, including a 10-year-old boy, a Venezuelan official said Saturday.
An international arbitration body has awarded Exxon Mobil Corp. nearly $908 million in a dispute with Venezuela over compensation for the nationalization of its assets, the company said Sunday.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez met with his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki Tuesday in a meeting where both leaders vowed to explore joint oil projects in the Orinoco basin.