Venezuela's top oil official accused Exxon Mobil Corp. of "judicial terrorism" on Friday, but said court orders won by the oil giant do not amount to confiscation of $12 billion in assets. Exxon Mobil has gone after the assets of state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, in U.S., British and Dutch courts as it challenges the nationalization of a multibillion dollar oil project by President Hugo Chavez's government. A British court last month issued an injunction "freezing" as much as $12 billion in assets. But Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said: "They don't have any asset frozen. They only...
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