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Harold Hamm’s oil company announces Venezuela deal

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{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Harold Hamm’s oil company announces Venezuela deal Trump donor Harold Hamm’s oil company Continental Resources announced a deal Wednesday to drill in Venezuela.

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  1. Bloomberg

    Harold Hamm’s Continental Set to Announce Venezuela Oil Deal (opens Bloomberg)

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    Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc. is set to announce a deal to invest in Venezuela as the Trump administration pushes US companies to revive the nation’s oil sector, according to a person familiar with the matter.

  2. Bloomberg

    Billionaire Harold Hamm Makes Deal to Explore for Venezuela Oil (opens Bloomberg)

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    Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc. reached a deal for an oil field in Venezuela as the Trump administration pushes US companies to revive the nation’s oil sector.

  3. Financial Times

    Trump oil ally Harold Hamm to invest in Venezuela (opens Financial Times)

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    Move by Continental Resources marks latest foray by a western oil producer into the country after US military seized president Nicolás Maduro

  4. Wall Street Journal

    Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Signs Preliminary Oil Deal in Venezuela (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The company, led by one of President Trump’s closest allies in the U.S. oil industry, said it would explore one of Venezuela’s undeveloped oil fields.

  5. The Hill

    Trump donor Harold Hamm's oil company announces Venezuela deal (opens The Hill)

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    Trump donor Harold Hamm’s oil company Continental Resources announced a deal Wednesday to drill in Venezuela. Continental signed a memorandum of understanding with Venezuela’s state-run oil company that would allow it to operate in a 126,000 acre-area of the oil-rich Orinoco Belt, according to a pre…

  6. The Hill

    Harold Hamm’s oil company announces Venezuela deal (opens The Hill)

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    {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Harold Hamm’s oil company announces Venezuela deal Trump donor Harold Hamm’s oil company Continental Resources announced a deal Wednesday to drill in Venezuela.

  7. Mother Jones

    Trump’s Friends Are Already Signing Deals to Take Venezuela’s Oil (opens Mother Jones)

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    “It’s a milestone deal in making the Western Hemisphere the center of the global energy system,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday. He was talking about a fellow Trump ally’s oil deal with Venezuela: oil tycoon Harold Hamm of Continental Resources, a US petroleum and natural gas produc…