Venezuela signs oil and gas agreements with Hunt Oil, Crossover Energy

- Units of U.S. energy firms Crossover Energy and Hunt Oil Company signed preliminary agreements on Thursday with Venezuela's government, officials said at an event broadcast by state TV, part of interim President Delcy Rodriguez's efforts to encourage investment in the country.

The agreement could lead the firms to participate in oil and gas production in Anaco, Monagas and Barinas, among the country's main output areas, Rodriguez said.