Article: Heating oil giveaway ; Joe Kennedy dismisses concerns about arrangement with Venezuela's Chavez

BRAINTREE - As its MS Simon tanker arrived in port, Citgo Petroleum Corp. kicked off the third year of its controversial heating oil program Monday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez looming over the proceedings.

In collaboration with Joe Kennedy's Citizens Energy Corp., Venezuelan-controlled Citgo will provide 120 million gallons of heating oil to more than 235,000 poor American households in 23 states this winter, Citgo President Alejandro Granado promised at a midday press conference. That will cost Citgo more than $100 million.

Nationwide, about 8.1 million American households use about 5.1 billion gallons of heating oil each year, according to the most recent Department of Energy ...

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