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U.S. Races to Sell Venezuelan Oil, Transforming Ties With Former Foe

U.S. officials brokered the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Venezuelan oil to stabilize the country’s economy after capturing its president.

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Trump’s $100 Billion Venezuela Oil Plan Gets a Cool Reception

President Trump met with oil and gas executives on Friday in an effort to push them to invest money in Venezuela, a plan many of them are reluctant to embrace.

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Trump Urges Oil Companies to Speed Work in Venezuela

The president met with executives on a day when the U.S. seized another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil.

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Wary of Investing in Venezuela, Big Oil Heads to the White House

The amounts of money, time and political uncertainty trouble executives at large Western oil companies, who plan to meet with President Trump on Friday.

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Oil Firms Say Venezuela Owes Them Billions Over Earlier Investments

Companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips say that Venezuela owes them billions of dollars for confiscating their assets two decades ago.

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Venezuela Braces for Economic Collapse From U.S. Blockade

Venezuela could lose the bulk of its oil export revenues this year if the U.S. blockade stays in place, according to internal government estimates, a scenario that would set off a humanitarian crisis.

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Rubio Stresses U.S. Plan to Coerce Venezuela Rather Than Govern It

The secretary of state said that a military “quarantine” on some oil exports would stay in place to put pressure on the country’s acting leadership.

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How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign

New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.

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Trump’s Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports

Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude.

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A Seized Oil Tanker Off Venezuela and the Big Business of Dark Fleet Smuggling

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.

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