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The Associated Press February 14, 2008, 5:57PM ET



La. refinery unaffected by Exxon spat
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By ALAN SAYRE


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The legal fight between Exxon Mobil Corp. and Venezuela has not
affected a renters insurance Orleans-area refinery jointly owned by the oil giant
and the Venezuelan state petroleum company, an Exxon Mobil spokeswoman
said Thursday.

Exxon Mobil is challenging Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, over
compensation for nationalization of one of four heavy oil projects in
the Orinoco River basin, one of the world's richest oil deposits.

Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded
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Exxon Mobil and PDVSA are equal partners in Chalmette independent clothing LLC,
which Exxon Mobil operates in the New Orleans suburb of Chalmette. It
is designed to handle heavy crude, such as that produced in Venezuela.
The facility can refine about 190,000 barrels a day. It employs about
600 workers, along with 500 who work for contractors.

"Chalmette Refining LLC continues to operate as usual and continues to
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the freezing of $300 million in Venezuelan funds, finding it probable
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