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        <title><![CDATA[Pietro Pitts - Former Oil Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Says Gold Reserve Accord Paves Way to Investment]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:39:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rosneft to Pay $500 Million to Boost Stake in Venezuela Oil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pietro Pitts]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2016 01:42:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OPEC's Weakest Link Venezuela Sees Payoff in Oil Freeze]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Angelina Rascouet]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:59:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Hikes Gas Price, Devalues Bolivar as Economy Tanks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Rosati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 22:33:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Opposition Say Maduro Plans Gasoline Hike Next Month]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pietro Pitts]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Oil Group Seeks Incentives to Lure More Foreign Money]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pietro Pitts]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:32:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela's PDVSA Says Debt Fell by $2 Billion Last Year]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pietro Pitts]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:49:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Opposition Supermajority Imperiled by Top Court Ruling]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose Orozco]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 02:59:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Rig Count Soars in Unlikely OPEC Nation Before Vienna Talks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pietro Pitts]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2015 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Seen as Major Beneficiary of Obama's Keystone XL Snub]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-06/venezuela-seen-as-major-beneficiary-of-obama-s-keystone-xl-snub</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2015 21:46:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela's OPEC Proposal Focuses on Oil Price, Not Volumes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Shenk]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:11:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela’s Giant Lake of Endless Oil Is a Filthy, Lawless Mess]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-03/venezuela-s-giant-lake-of-endless-oil-is-a-filthy-lawless-mess</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2015 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Lake Maracaibo, a 5,097 square mile body of water, is a graveyard for everything from abandoned pipeline to tires. Photographer: Pietro Pitts/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Enlists Russia, China on Bond Sale to Ease Cash Crunch]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Refining Magnate O’Malley’s PBF Soars on Exxon-PDVSA Deal]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-18/pbf-energy-to-buy-chalmette-refinery-related-assets-for-322m</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:41:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rosneft Cautious of PDVSA Gas Deal on Local Sales: Official]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-16/rosneft-hesitating-to-sign-on-for-pdvsa-gas-project-official</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 23:08:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PDVSA Said Seeking Sweet Oil From North Sea, Africa for Blending]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-20/pdvsa-said-seeking-supply-agreements-for-north-sea-waf-crude</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 20:04:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PDVSA’s Boost in Oil Well Spending Fails to Stem Output Fall]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-27/pdvsa-s-boost-in-oil-well-spending-fails-to-stem-output-declines</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Undoing Chavez’s $50 Billion of Oil Giveaways Eases Default Risk]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Harvest Seeks Funding After Venezuela Blocks Sale of Assets]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-30/harvest-natural-says-experiencing-severe-liquidity-constraints</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:42:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Owens-Illinois Wins $455 Million Award for Venezuela Takeover]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:08:37 GMT</pubDate>
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