
Venezuela Must Pay Conoco More Than $8 Billion: World Bank
From Reuters Venezuela must pay ConocoPhillips more than $8 billion to compensate for the 2007 expropriation of oil assets by the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, the World Bank ruled on Friday, making the U.S. energy company the largest victor in claims stemming from nationalizations in the OPEC country. The company may have to fight to collect. Venezuela has balked







