{
  "id": 846143,
  "title": "Abu Dhabi's XRG enters Venezuela with offshore natural gas licence award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/abu-dhabis-xrg-enters-venezuela-with-offshore-natural-gas-licence-846143",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-14T05:57:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/energy/2026/08/14/abu-dhabis-xrg-enters-venezuela-with-offshore-natural-gas-licence-award/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Abu Dhabi’s XRG, Adnoc's international energy investment unit , has entered Venezuela's energy sector through an offshore natural gas project alongside global oil major bp and Qatar’s UCC. XRG has been awarded a licence for the Loran field in the South American nation, giving the company a “significant position” as an equal interest partner alongside bp and UCC, it said on Thursday. The licence…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Abu Dhabi's XRG enters Venezuela with offshore natural gas licence award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/abu-dhabis-xrg-enters-venezuela-with-offshore-natural-gas-licence",
        "published": "2026-08-14T05:57:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "BP to develop offshore gasfield in Venezuela with firms linked to Trump administration",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/bp-to-develop-offshore-gasfield-in-venezuela-with-firms-linked-to",
        "published": "2026-08-14T14:04:49.000Z"
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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."
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