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All eyes on Venezuela

GasBuddy Blog -- With the passing of Hugo Chavez questions about Venezuela’s future multiply each day.

Who will lead this nation? Nicolas Maduro or Henrique Capriles, an underdog who garnered 44% worth of opposition votes when he ran against Chavez?

Will Chavez’ successor move left, right or center? Will the newly elected leader encourage rapid recovery of Venezuela’s declining oil production?

Will he yield to international law and allow oil companies like ExxonMobil and Conoco Phillips to recover billions in compensation for the unlawful seizure of assets …perhaps signaling an interest in welcoming private oil investment and further development of Venezuela’s deep reserves?

For now, Exxon Mobil still has...

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not gonna make a big difference on US prices.
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I think Chavez' successor will try and hold the same party line, and that we will not see much change in Venezuela till one more change in its goverment takes place.
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Venezuela is going to be fine.
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Drama
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Old. Thanks
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Not mine
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I don't think it will make gas prices go down.
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Old news and still wacky Sud Americanos.
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My eyes are on the Dakota's.
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Old news
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oh heavy sigh...............
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Yesterday's topic. Why is this still on the front page?
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history tells us that exploiters will go into an area and develop industries that can reap huge profits with little regard for the people that live there who may eventually take over control
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We can rest assured that whoever takes charge they make their main mission gouging us with as high a price for their oil as possible!
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Thieves and liars.
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Let Veneauela eat their oil
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Old news
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Let's get back what is ours, and move on.
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I wouldn't invest a nickel in Venezuela.
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Old news...
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Yep, all things shall pass.
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OLD
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old news.
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Maybe they have WMD's
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Old news.
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Slow news day.
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More speculation
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juat like a yo yo
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olddddddd
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old story
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same comment as yesterday
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Be careful in Venezuela.
They have a history of turning on you.
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Just like other countries, Cuba as an example, we are curious who will lead next.
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Shouldn't matter to us at all, even though it does.
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Hopefully things will become correct and peaceful and has prices will go down.
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I doubt we will see much difference in price with Venezuela's declining oil production and no adequate response to international law.
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interesting
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All eyes except mine.
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Time will tell
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The US imports their oil, and sells gasoline at 10 cents or less there.
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yesterday's
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wait and see
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That would help gas prices
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Hope they get a leader who is friendly to the world and who welcomes foreign oil and gas investors.
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They are probably in the same bracket as the little moron in Iran and the dummy in North Korea, not just as dangerous as those two idiots yet.
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Time will tell.
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We'll just have to wait and see.
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Old news.
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Yesterday's news
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