 AP Photo It appears increasingly likely that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will not return to power following his latest cancer treatment in December and analysts are considering the implications of a post-Chavez regime for one of the largest crude oil producers in the world. . . TAGGED: foreign oil, global oil, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, geopolitics, global energy, energy industry, AOL EnergyRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| The end of Hugo Chavez could mean big changes for the struggling state-owned Venezuelan oil industry, which drives its nation’s economy, provides the money for Chavez’s export of socialism, and has helped prop up... more ›› |
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