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2001 world oil market chronology
*'''January 7''': Energy companies and countries around the world report that they have passed into the year 2000 without significant problems from the "[[Year 2000 problem|Y2K Bug]]." There was concern that the inability of some computers and embedded control systems to recognize the year 2000 could create serious problems. (DJ, WP)
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*'''July 27''': [[Italy]]'s ENI signs a deal with Iran worth $3.8 billion for the development of the country's [[South Pars]] gas field in the [[Persian Gulf]]. The project will take five years to become operational, and will eventually produce 530 million cubic feet of gas per day. (DJ) 
*'''July 30''': [[Venezuela]]n President [[Hugo Ch
aávez]] wins reelection with 60% of the popular vote. His [[Patriotic Pole]] party also wins a controlling majority in the country's new unicameral legislature. (DJ) 
*'''August 10''': Venezuelan President Hugo Chaávez meets with Iraqi President [[Saddam Hussein]] in [[Baghdad]] as part of a tour of OPEC member states. Chavez is the first head of state to visit Saddam Hussein since the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. (NYT, WP) 
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*'''December 27''': Natural gas prices in the United States surge above $10 per million [[British Thermal Units]] (BTUs) first time ever in response to cold weather and stockdraws reported by the [[American Gas Association]] (AGA). Henry Hub natural gas closes at $9.978, after falling slightly from its intraday peak price. (DJ) 
*'''December 27''': Venezuelan President Hugo Ch
aávez appoints [[Alvaro Silva Calderon]] to replace Ali Rodriguez as Minister of Petroleum. Calderon had previously served as a deputy minister. Rodriguez had recently been chosen as the new OPEC Secretary General. Both will assume their new posts effective January 5, 2001. (DJ) 
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