Venezuela Takes on Exxon Mobil in Oil Play

[WhiteTara]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060330/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_oil_offensive_3
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela had a blunt message this week for Exxon Mobil, one of the world's most powerful oil companies: Get off my crude-rich turf.

Venezuela is tightening its squeeze on the oil industry, telling oil companies to give the state a greater share of profits — or get out.

Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez on Wednesday said Exxon Mobil Corp. was one of the companies that would "prefer to leave ... rather than adjust" to recent policy changes.

"We said we don't want them to be here then," Ramirez told the state TV broadcaster adding, if "we need them, we'll call them."

Exxon Mobil indicated Thursday it had no plans to pull out.

Looks to be a cat fight developing. My money is on Venezuela.
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[northofdenali]

1. I hope Venezuela kicks their scum-sucking ass.

I despise oil companies as a whole - but when Exxon makes the most money every recorded for a single quarter by a corporation yet refuses to pay the judgement of $5B against it for the Valdez oil spill, I get livid.

No, Prince William Sound has not, and never will recover.

Exxon has fought this judgement in court over and over and over, and continues to pay it's lawyers to continue the fight. Yet the US kisses their collective Texan asses.

KICK THE MOTHERFUCKERS OUT, VENEZUELA!

Don't let them do to you what they did to us.

[fishwax]

2. hard to argue

fuck exxon.

[LaPera]

3. But oil prices are justified...Exxon doesn't gouge us each & every day...

These Texas fucks...just happen to be making record profits by accident, (and accidents)...

Yes, there should not be any regulations on corporate capitalism...Thank you fucking Ronald Reagan, and every greedy, nearsighted asshole who voted republican!!!!

[fishwax]

4. .

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entirely accidental, i'm sure!

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