{
  "id": 19350632,
  "title": "Venezuela signs a memorandum with ExxonMobil for the oil major’s return after leaving in 2007",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/venezuela-signs-a-memorandum-with-exxonmobil-for-the-oil-majors",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-10T14:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/11/10/venezuela-signs-a-memorandum-with-exxonmobil-for-the-oil-major-s-return-after-leaving-in-2007"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Venezuela on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with US oil company ExxonMobil with a view to its return to the country, which it left in 2007 after the nationalisation of the last privately held oilfields under Hugo Chávez’s government. The document is not a contract, and no investment figures or timelines have been disclosed.º",
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      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "ExxonMobil eyes Venezuela return after two decades",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/exxonmobil-eyes-venezuela-return-after-two-decades",
        "published": "2026-11-10T12:20:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "ExxonMobil signed preliminary oil deal with Venezuela, eyes return",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/exxonmobil-signed-preliminary-oil-deal-with-venezuela-eyes-return",
        "published": "2026-11-10T12:40:24.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}