Venezuela PdVSA Cuts By Nearly Half '08 Debt With Providers/ Pdvsa deberá pagar deuda de unos $13,4 millardos desde 2010

Venezuela's state oil company reduced by close to half its outstanding bills from oil-services providers last year after reviewing and renegotiating some of the contracts with these companies. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said Tuesday the $13.9 billion in pending payments Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PdVSA, had reported in its unaudited year-end report was reduced to the $7.5 billion published in its 2008 financial results ( full information)/ La deuda financiera de Petróleos de Venezuela se ubicó en un poco más de 15 millardos de dólares al cierre del ejercicio de 2008, pero de ese total la mayor industria del país deberá comenzar a pagar 13 mil 418 millones de dólares a partir de 2010, según un cronograma publicado en el informe de gestión 2008 de Pdvsa . ( información completa)