Chavez and Correa open block Ayacucho 5 at the Orinoco Oil Belt

ABN 29/08/2008
Caracas, Aug 29 ABN.- The Presidents of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, and of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, open the block Ayacucho 5 on the Orinoco Oil Belt, Independencia municipality, Anzoategui state.

The block Ayacucho 5 will be drilled in order to extract crude on behalf of the company Petroecuador, within the agreements that the two nations endorsed in favor of the South American integration.

President Correa arrived early morning this Friday to the city of Puerto Ordaz, and it is foreseen that he will broadcast his Saturday program from Venezuela and that he will accompany Venezuela's President on the Sunday program Alo, Presidente (Hello, President).