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Former Chevron Executive Seeks $2 Billion for Venezuelan Oil Projects, FT Reports

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  A former top Chevron executive, Ali Moshiri, is raising $2 billion for Venezuelan oil projects after the U.S. captured its leader Nicolas Maduro and President Donald Trump said Washington would take control of the oil-producing nation, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Moshiri’s investment fund, Amos Global Energy Management, has identified multiple Venezuelan assets and …

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U.S. to Squeeze Venezuela’s Oil to Drive Political Change: Rubio

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Bloomberg News Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will use leverage over oil to force further change in Venezuela as he seizes a long-awaited chance to try to shape Latin America in Washington’s favor. Rubio, 54, emerged Sunday as the administration’s chief public voice on Venezuela, laying out hints of strategy after the …

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Energy Storage Boom Strengthens Demand Outlook for Beaten-Down Lithium

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Summary Energy storage could be game changer for lithium – analyst says Demand bolstered by China power sector reforms, data centre boom BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Jan 5 (Reuters) – A boom in battery storage has bolstered the demand outlook for lithium in 2026, driving hopes for an accelerated turnaround for an industry struggling with oversupply. The lithium …

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Venezuela’s Oil Supply to Rise in Years Ahead and Depress Prices, Say Analysts

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(Reuters) – Crude output in Venezuela is set to increase over a period of time following the dramatic U.S. strike and capture of its president, likely raising global supply and weighing on prices longer-term, oil analysts said. American forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from Caracas over the weekend, and U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington would …

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US Pushes Oil majors to Invest Big in Venezuela if They Want to Recover Debts

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Summary Govt wants US oil giants to finance investment to revive Venezuelan oil sector Security, legal and political risks challenge Venezuela’s oil sector revival (Reuters) – White House and State Department officials have told U.S. oil executives in recent weeks that they would need to return to Venezuela quickly and invest significant capital in the …

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Trump Bets on Intimidation to Force Venezuelan Leaders Into Line

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After removing President Nicolas Maduro from power, the Trump administration is gambling that it can intimidate the Venezuelan leader’s inner circle into toeing the U.S. line with threats of further military action that could put them at risk of a similar fate, according to sources familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump’s advisers also believe …

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Trump Says US Will Run Venezuela After Maduro Seized

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Venezuela’s toppled leader Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention center on Sunday awaiting drug charges after President Donald Trump ordered an audacious raid to capture him, saying the U.S. would take control of the oil-producing nation. The image of the 63-year-old Maduro blindfolded and handcuffed en route to the U.S. has stunned Venezuelans …

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US Oil Refiners Win, Chinese Rivals Lose in Trump’s Venezuela Strike: Bousso

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The U.S. military’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to swiftly reroute the country’s oil exports back toward the United States – and away from China. That will give U.S. refiners an immediate boost, but President Donald Trump’s plans to revive production in the Latin American country may be slower to materialize. Speaking …

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Investors Face More Geopolitical Whiplash From Trump’s Venezuela Gamble

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Global investors are facing a fresh surge in geopolitical risk after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a move that could unlock the nation’s vast oil reserves and boost risky assets over the longer-term but prompt a flight to safety when trading resumes. President Donald Trump said the U.S. would take control of …

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COMMENTARY: Trump’s Venezuela Move: A $17 Trillion Reset of Global Geopolitics and a Pivotal Shift in US Energy Strategy – David Blackmon

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David Blackmon Subscribe to David Blackmon on Substack Here The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: “Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United …

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