Cuba to helpparched Venezuela zap clouds Nov 18, 2009
Venezuela's Orinoco River will be the flight path taken by a Cuban aircraft seeking to produce moisture from clouds ... Chavez, who has asked Venezuelans to take three-minute showers to save water, said the Cubans had arrived in Venezuela and were preparing to fly specially equipped aircraft above the Orinoco river. (MSNBC -- International)
Chavez Brings Cubans To 'Bomb Clouds' For Rain Nov 16, 2009
Chavez, who has asked Venezuelans to take three-minute showers to save water, said the Cubans had arrived in Venezuela and were preparing to fly specially equipped aircraft above the Orinoco river. "I'm going in a plane; any cloud that crosses me, I'll zap it so that it rains," Chavez said at a ceremony late on Saturday with family members of five Cubans convicted of spying in the United States. (Newsmax)
Chavez: Sean Penn may make film in Venezuela... Oct 29, 2009
Penn may shoot a film based on a novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, which is set largely in the jungle along Venezuela's southern Orinoco river, Chavez said. He appeared to be referring to Carpentier's 1953 novel, "The Lost Steps," about an American anthropologist and composer's journey into the jungle region. (The Drudge Report)
PDVSA May Invest $25 Billion in Orinoco Oil Projects with Statoil, Total Sep 24, 2009
Venezuela is seeking to develop the Orinoco Belt, a heavy crude-oil producing region stretching along the Orinoco River, as output falls from existing Lake Maracaibo fields. Venezuela, the biggest oil exporter in Latin America, aims to increase output to 4. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
* Venezuela, China sign US$16 billion oil deal on resource-rich Orinoco basin Sep 18, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, left, takes a sample of crude oil during his weekly broadcast at a nationalized oil field at Orinocos belt in the southern strip of the eastern Orinoco river on Feb. 17 last year. PHOTO: AFP. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Chavez Relishes Starring In Anti-U.S. Limelight Sep 18, 2009
Venezuela has some of the world's largest oil reserves, mainly close to the Orinoco river. Despite their mutual hostility, the United States is the OPEC country's main buyer. (Newsmax)
China in huge Venezuela oil deal Sep 17, 2009
Venezuela has announced a $16bn (10bn) investment deal with China for oil exploration in the Orinoco river ... Speaking on state television, Mr Chavez said the deal with China was over three years and that the investment would go towards developing heavy crude oil resources in the Orinoco River belt. (BBC News -- Americas)
Chavez, China In $16 Bln Oil Search Deal Sep 17, 2009
Venezuela has announced a $16bn investment deal with China for oil exploration in the Orinoco river. The move comes shortly after Venezuela signed a similar agreement with Russia, which is estimated to be $20bn (12bn). (Newsmax)
* Venezuela buys Russian missiles Sep 13, 2009
Separately, a consortium of Russian oil companies and Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA signed an agreement establishing a joint venture to develop the Junin 6 oil field along Venezuelas Orinoco River. Russian media reports ahead of Chavezs visit said Venezuela was seeking to buy T-72 and T-90 tanks, Kilo-class diesel-powered submarines, BMP-3 armored vehicles, Mi-28 helicopters and land-based anti-ship missiles. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Hugo Chvez deepens petroleum and military ties with Russia Sep 11, 2009
A consortium of Russian oil companies is expected to soon finalize a deal with Venezuelan national oil company Petroleos to develop part of a huge oil field in the Orinoco River Basin, which is thought to be the world's single largest oil deposit with as much as 1. 2 trillion barrels of extra-heavy crude. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Past the Politics, Venezuela Offers Beauty for the Bold Aug 15, 2009
Anglers will want to try their luck in the Orinoco River Basin - home to over 1,000 species of fish. The speckled peacock bass can grow over 3 feet and the payara, featuring two long fangs protruding from its lower jaw, always put up a good fight, making them favorites among sport fisherman. (Fox News)
Venezuela: Natural beauty for bold travelers Aug 13, 2009
Anglers will want to try their luck in the Orinoco River Basin home to over 1,000 species of fish ... Small airplanes called "aero-taxis" by locals are the safest and easiest transportation into the Orinoco River Basin ... Boats ferry passengers from Sanmariapo, a small port near Puerto Ayacucho the capital of Amazonas state to the border town of San Fernando de Atabapo, but traveling up the Orinoco River along the border with neighboring Colombia can be risky due to the presence of Marxist... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
* Chavez claims Colombian incursion Aug 11, 2009
These troops crossed the Orinoco River in a boat and carried out an incursion into Venezuelan territory, he said. When our troops got there, the Colombians had already gone away, said Chavez, a leftist populist who has very strained ties with the conservative Uribe, the US closest regional ally. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Chavez to military: Be ready for conflict Aug 11, 2009
Chavez has charged that Colombian troops entered Venezuela by crossing the Orinoco River, a move he warned was a "provocation" by his U.S.-backed Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe ... "They crossed the Orinoco River in a boat and entered Venezuelan territory," Chavez said. (MSNBC -- International)
Chvez stirs anxiety over US military deal in Colombia Aug 11, 2009
On Sunday, he said a Colombian Army patrol had crossed the Orinoco River into Venezuelan territory. Colombia denied the incident. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Alarm at US-Colombia troops plan Aug 11, 2009
On Sunday Mr Chavez stepped up accusations against Mr Uribe, saying Colombian soldiers had recently been spotted crossing the Orinoco river, which forms part of the border, and entering Venezuelan territory. He said the alleged incursion was a "provocation" and put Venezuelan troops on a war footing along the border with Colombia. (BBC News)
Chavez claims Colombian troops entered Venezuela... Aug 10, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday charged that Colombian troops had entered Venezuela across the Orinoco River, a move he warned was a "provocation" by his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe ... "These troops crossed the Orinoco River in a boat and carried out an incursion into Venezuelan territory," Chavez said on his weekly television show "Hello President.". (The Drudge Report)
Chavez berates Colombia 'incursion' Aug 10, 2009
Mr Chavez said Colombian soldiers had recently been seen crossing the Orinoco river, which forms part of the border, and entering Venezuelan territory ... He said Colombian soldiers had "crossed the Orinoco river in a boat and entered Venezuelan territory", but when Venezuelan troops arrived, they had gone. (BBC News)
It's official: Cheap oil era over Jun 16, 2009
In the coming years, however, its production of conventional petroleum is expected to fall, leaving the country increasingly reliant on the exploitation of large deposits of bitumen in the eastern Orinoco River basin. Just to develop these "extra-heavy oil" deposits will require significant financial and energy investments and, as with Canadian oil sands, the environmental impact could be devastating. (Asia Times Online)
Obama's Red Chorus Jun 4, 2009
After that, he went after the U.S. oil industry, snagging prizes like Exxon Mobil's $1 billion heavy-oil complex on the Orinoco River in 2007, citing a different legal issue: tax disputes. He did similar expropriations with steel, cement, ports, banks, sugar, rice, pretty much any industry that was viable. (Investors Business Daily)
Venezuela announces joint oil venture with Vietnam May 24, 2009
The company, to be called PetroMacareo SA, will operate in Venezuela's eastern Orinoco River basin, and may also participate in transporting and selling oil, the decree said. Under Venezuelan law, PDVSA's partners may hold only a minority stake in oil production projects. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Venezuela Seizes Oil Installation From U.S. Company May 9, 2009
He and other analysts warn the law could discourage foreign investors, including some of the very companies PDVSA is trying to attract to bid on exploration areas in the eastern Orinoco River basin. The Associated Press contributed to this report. (Fox News)
Venezuela Pres. Chavez to seize some oil contractors under new law May 8, 2009
He and other analysts warn the law could discourage foreign investors, including some of the very companies PDVSA is trying to attract to bid on exploration areas in the eastern Orinoco River basin. Associated Press writer Fabiola Sanchez contributed to this report. (USA Today -- Money)
Colombian Indians plead for water preservation Apr 15, 2009
They also feed the Orinoco River, which connects Colombia to neighboring Venezuela and Brazil. State environmental official Emilio Rodriguez agrees that the situation in the paramos is "worrying", considering that they are a key water source for capital city Bogota. (Scientific American)
Chavez visits Japan to boost energy cooperation Apr 6, 2009
He added that one of the agreements will pave the way for Japanese companies to join as minor shareholders to cooperate with sate-owned Petroleos de Venezuela to produce crude in the Orinoco River basin in the country. Chavez is scheduled to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Japanese, Venezuelan leaders agree to deepen ties Apr 6, 2009
Aso and Chavez decided to set up a working team to discuss details of Japanese investment in heavy crude production in Venezuela's oil-rich Orinoco River basin, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Chavez, on a two-day visit to Tokyo, has expressed hopes to get Japanese companies to participate as minority partners in a joint venture with state-run Petroleos de Venezuela SA in the Orinoco project. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Politics, legend haunt Venezuelan gold mine Mar 30, 2009
Located south of the Orinoco river and near a town bearing the name of the mythical golden city of El Dorado, the Las Cristinas deposit captivates miners and prospectors even though no ore has been legally dug there in two decades ... In 1616, Sir Walter Raleigh led his second expedition up the Orinoco river in search of the mythical El Dorado. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Venezuela, Russia create joint oil company Mar 18, 2009
The new company will be involved in extracting heavy crude in Venezuela's largely untapped Orinoco River basin. Copyright. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
