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Quirino Mealha

Chevron unveils $7 billion Venezuela deal as US claims a fifth of the country's oil

America's second-largest oil company has announced it will develop two additional oil fields in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt, more than doubling its output in five years, in a deal worth $7 billion.

The joint venture between Chevron and Petroindependencia, in which Chevron has a 49% stake, will develop two greenfield sites near existing work and lift output to around 600,000 barrels per day, according to a company press release.

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