Qatar eyes PDVSA regas deal

An oil worker takes part in celebrations at Jose Refinery Complex in Barcelona May 1, 2007, as the state-run oil company PDVSA takes control of oil fields in the Orinoco Belt. Venezuela will strip the world's biggest oil companies of operational control over massive Orinoco Belt crude projects on Tuesday, a vital move in President Hugo Chavez's nationalization drive.  REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA)

Pairing up?: with Venezuela's PDVSA

Qatar may invest $800 million in a joint regasification venture with Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, the country's acting business and trade minister, said today.

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