VENEZUELA BUDGET SEES 16.35 DLRS OIL PRICE
  Venezuela's government tomorrow presents
  a 1988 budget proposal for 183.432 billion bolivars, based upon
  an oil price of 16.35 dlrs per barrel, finance minister Manuel
  Azpurua said.
      Azpurua told reporters after a cabinet meeting the new
  budget projects ordinary income of 149.925 billion bolivars and
  extraordinary income of 34.186 billion. Oil revenues are
  expected to produce 92.014 billion, or 61 pct of the total.
      The finance minister said the oil revenue projection is
  based on an average price of 16.35 dlrs per barrel in 1988.
  Venezuelan oil through the first half of 1987 has averaged 16.
  20 dlrs per barrel, according to the state oil company
  Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A.
  

