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How Venezuelan Oil, Hugo Chávez, And Geopolitics Led To Maduro’s Capture
25 Jan 2026 04:43 GMT
… preventing companies (including national oil firms) from exaggerating the … steadily climbing price of oil. Surging demand, above all from … transport modernization.
Investment by oil companies gushed in response. … others like Exxon and Conoco packed up and left, …
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Venezuela's oil revival faces invisible challenge
24 Jan 2026 23:14 GMT
… across the country’s oil heartlands remains in a … including ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips have committed to zero … pandemic when global crude demand shrivelled. Imagery also shows … without proper purging, causing oil leaks, Wood Mackenzie told …
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China built a vast oil stake in Venezuela. Now it risks getting muscled out.
24 Jan 2026 17:20 GMT
… out Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips. China quickly emerged as … Full Oil Sovereignty, the Road to Socialism." As ConocoPhillips and … of Paria, near where ConocoPhillips had operated.
Through joint … it could hit peak oil demand within this decade as …
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Trump has big plans for Venezuela’s oil. Are they realistic?
24 Jan 2026 13:45 GMT
… dilapidated oil industry. Trump is urging Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips … many expected, and fossil fuel demand forecast to stay strong through … expropriated major US oil projects in 2007. Exxon and ConocoPhillips pulled out …
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Chavismo opens up to privatization of Venezuela’s oil with hydrocarbons law reform
23 Jan 2026 19:37 GMT
… and commercialization of Venezuelan oil, under the watch of … détente, leveraged by the oil business, which Washington negotiated … Access to Venezuelan oil is the primary demand of Donald Trump’ … expropriation of Exxon Mobile and Conoco Phillips’s assets — …
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Venezuela’s Oil: Evolution, Scenarios And International Repercussions – Analysis
23 Jan 2026 18:09 GMT
… by high oil prices due to a strong demand and new … the US companies ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips refused to restructure, their … to Canadian crude oil, making Venezuelan oil transported by tanker … s largest supplier of oil and oil products it would barely …
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Syrian oil and gas production set to recover in 2026 as government regains control of key assets, says Wood Mackenzie
23 Jan 2026 13:27 GMT
… combined with strong domestic gas demand and persistent power shortages, makes … staff and contractors.Several international oil companies have already signed agreements … fields, followed by MoUs involving ConocoPhillips and Novaterra. Additionally, four Saudi …
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Venezuela’s questionable oil figures are now Trump’s to tout
22 Jan 2026 18:03 GMT
… to big oil companies like Chevron Corp and ConocoPhillips, in a … recover old debts and meet demand from US Gulf Coast … administration, including his long-serving Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, had … took over Exxon’s and ConocoPhillips’s assets in 2007, …
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Trump, China and 300 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil
22 Jan 2026 15:59 GMT
… Trump and representatives from 17 oil companies.
Nevertheless, following the extraction … doubts expressed by Exxon and ConocoPhillips.
Any company following Trump to … policies will be able to demand environmental safeguards in the future …
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Stocks Recover on Strength in Megacap Tech and Consumer Sentiment
23 Jan 2026 22:51 GMT
… Fed’s independence have increased demand for precious metals as a … store of value.
WTI crude oil jumped more than +2% today … supply of dollars for Iraqi oil sales as it pressures Iraq … +2%. Also, APA Corp (APA), ConocoPhillips (COP), Exxon Mobil (XOM), SLB …