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Chevron, ONGC, GE Vernova on track to sign final pacts
Published by Reuters on August 31, 2026.
Reuters sources on other companies signing pacts, not the 17-field NABEP concession.
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- The White House says 100-year rights to 17 Venezuelan oil fields. Caracas says 25 years, renewable. · cited for other pacts, not the NABEP concession
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