Exxon Mobil plans to hand operations of a multibillion-dollar oil project to the Venezuelan state before a May1 deadline imposed by President Hugo Chavez, industry sources said Thursday.

• 据石油工业界消息称，埃克森－孚计划在5月1日前，将一个价值高达数10亿美元石油项目的经营权移交给委内瑞拉政府。