(November 8, 2016, 10:59 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 7 affirmed a district court's decision to deny a petition to vacate an award filed by two subsidiaries of a Venezuela oil company and granting a cross-petition to confirm the award filed by ConocoPhillips Co., finding that the appellants failed to present any evidence that the award violated public policy (PDV Sweeny, Inc., et al. v. ConocoPhillips Co., et al., No. 16-170, 2nd Cir.)....