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Oil Prices Edge Slightly Higher on Supply Outlook, Venezuelan Output Uncertainty

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Summary US to meet oil executives to discuss Venezuelan production boost Analysts predict sufficient supply by 2026 despite uncertainties Reliance Industries halts Russian crude deliveries for January (Reuters) – Oil prices edged slightly higher on Tuesday as the market weighed expectations of ample global supply this year against uncertainty around Venezuelan crude output following the …

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Trump Administration Has Not Consulted US Oil Majors About Venezuela, Oil Execs Say

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(Reuters) – The Trump administration did not consult with oil companies Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, or Chevron Corp about Venezuela before or after U.S. forces captured the South American country’s president Nicolas Maduro Jan. 3, according to four oil industry executives familiar with the matter. That contradicts President Donald Trump’s assertion aboard Air Force One on …

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China’s Oil Investments in Venezuela

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(Reuters) – China is a major customer of and investor in Venezuela’s oil sector, which President Donald Trump aims to revive following the U.S. military’s ouster of President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday. Years of mismanagement, underinvestment and, more recently, U.S. sanctions have slashed Venezuelan crude production to about 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) last …

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Russia Loses Ally in Venezuela But Hopes to Gain From Trump’s ‘Wild West’ Realpolitik

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(Reuters) – Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s capture by the United States has deprived Vladimir Putin of an ally and could increase U.S. “oil clout”, but Moscow is eying potential gains from President Donald Trump’s division of the world into spheres of influence. Special Forces seized Maduro only eight months after the Russian president agreed a …

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What’s The Status of International Oil Companies in Venezuela After Maduro’s Capture?

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(Reuters) – Here are key facts about international oil companies in Venezuela, a country with the world’s largest oil reserves thrown into crisis by the capture of President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. In the 2000s, former President Hugo Chávez expropriated assets from several foreign oil companies, strengthening state-owned PDVSA’s control over the country’s oilfields. …

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Venezuela Risk to US Economy is Via Oil Prices, But Not Seeing it Yet, Fed’s Kashkari Says

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(Reuters) – The main risk to the U.S. economy from the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s leader over the weekend would stem from rising oil prices, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said on Monday, but that does not appear to be underway so far. The risk is “mostly through oil prices,” Kashkari said in …

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Who is ‘Tsarina’ Delcy Rodriguez, the Acting President of Venezuela?

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(Reuters) – Delcy Rodriguez, declared the interim president of Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces, is one of the iron fists in Venezuelan politics, a practitioner of economic orthodoxy who has strived to build relationships with the private sector and who is known for her taste for luxury. Over more than a decade …

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Chevron Resumes Exports of Venezuelan Oil to US After Four-Day Pause, Data Shows

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(Reuters) – An oil tanker chartered by U.S. Chevron carrying some 300,000 barrels of Venezuelan heavy crude bound for the U.S. Gulf Coast departed on Monday from the OPEC country’s waters, shipping data showed, after a four-day pause in the company’s exports of Venezuelan oil. Chevron is the only company currently authorized by Washington to …

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UN Chief Guterres Raises Concerns About Instability in Venezuela, Legality of US Operation

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(Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised concerns on Monday about a possible intensification of instability in Venezuela after the U.S. capture of the Latin American country’s president Nicolas Maduro. The 15-member Security Council met at U.N. headquarters in New York just hours before Maduro was due to appear in a Manhattan federal court …

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