Venezuela awards Orinoco project to Chevron group

CARACAS | Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:34pm EST

CARACAS Feb 10 (Reuters) - Venezuela on Wednesday awarded a project in the Orinoco belt to a consortium including Chevron (CVX.N), Venezuela's Suelopetrol and Japanese companies Mitsubishi, Jogmec, and Inpex (1605.T) as part of the Carabobo auction.

An official announcing the auction results said Venezuela would receive a $500 million bonus from that consortium.

(Reporting by Marianna Parraga; Writing by Brian Ellsworth; Editing by Richard Chang)

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