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Pact to explore hydrocarbon reserves

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Energy Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan will lead a four-member delegation to Venezuela to sign an agreement allowing for the exploration of hydrocarbon reserves located between the two countries.The Energy Minister said that she would meet with her Venezuelan counterpart Ali Rodriguez next Monday 16 (tomorrow) to sign the agreement.Former prime minister Patrick Manning signed the framework agreement on the unitisation of oil and gas resources between the countries with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in March 2007. (CMC)