News of trump oil

Oil expats desperately needed in Venezuela don't want to go home

Yesterday 11:20 Expats are torn between a desire to rebuild their homeland and preserving the hard-won prosperity they’ve achieved abroad, for themselves and their families.

GLOBAL OIL MARKET

Middle East oil shock is ‘largest supply disruption’ in history, IEA says

Yesterday 10:56 Iran launches new wave of attacks; Strait of Hormuz – through which a fifth of global crude passes – effectively shut down; Oil prices soar, trading above US$100; International Energy Agency bemoans "largest supply disruption in history of global oil market.”

VENEZUELA OIL INDUSTRY

US eases Venezuela sanctions after oil sector reforms

30-01-2026 09:11 Venezuela adopts reform package that will open up its nationalised oil sector to private investment; Delcy Rodríguez moves to appease the United States and Donald Trump following the toppling of leader Nicolas Maduro.

CHANGE IN VENEZUELA?

Venezuela looks to woo US oil majors with new US-educated investment czar

20-01-2026 18:34 Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez names US-educated banker Calixto Ortega Sánchez as new head of Venezuela's main investment agency, an apparent overture to US investors.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Is Vaca Muerta now a dead cow – and EU-Mercosur deal a cherubic baby?

17-01-2026 00:12 Today will go down as a historic day with the world’s biggest free-trade area numbering over 700 million consumers signed into being in the Paraguayan capital of Asunción.

by Michael Soltys

Analysing Argentina

Venezuela: Is Milei on the right or the wrong side of history?

10-01-2026 06:51 A Venezuelan comeback, especially if it entails large investments in rebuilding infrastructure, would be a direct regional competitor for Vaca Muerta, a development that has improved its production efficiency but still needs to streamline costs.

by Marcelo J. García

VENEZUELAN OIL INDUSTRY

Trump says United States could run Venezuela and its oil for years

08-01-2026 14:52 Trump says in New York Times interview that the US would be running Venezuela and extracting its oil for years. “We will rebuild it in a very profitable way,” he told the newspaper.

Trump ousts Maduro

Argentina backs Trump’s plan to ‘run’ Venezuela, downplays call for elections

07-01-2026 17:31 Casa Rosada accepts that elements of Maduro regime will remain in place in Venezuela and do not view calls for free elections as viable; Milei, who has cooled on Machado’s potential leadership of nation, will back Trump’s intervention in upcoming Davos speech.

PROFILE: DELCY RODRÍGUEZ

Venezuela’s new leader is the oil industry’s long-time ally

06-01-2026 13:52 Delcy Rodríguez oversees Venezuela’s oil apparatus and has decades of relationships among the remaining socialist stronghold in government.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

The US and Venezuela's vast oil reserves: key questions

04-01-2026 14:53 Venezuela has the largest proven reserves in the world, with 303.221 billion barrels, according to OPEC

News of trump oil

Oil expats desperately needed in Venezuela don't want to go home

Middle East oil shock is ‘largest supply disruption’ in history, IEA says

US eases Venezuela sanctions after oil sector reforms

Venezuela looks to woo US oil majors with new US-educated investment czar

Is Vaca Muerta now a dead cow – and EU-Mercosur deal a cherubic baby?

Venezuela: Is Milei on the right or the wrong side of history?

Trump says United States could run Venezuela and its oil for years

Argentina backs Trump’s plan to ‘run’ Venezuela, downplays call for elections

Venezuela’s new leader is the oil industry’s long-time ally

The US and Venezuela's vast oil reserves: key questions

Milei’s investor push in New York overshadowed by travel scandal involving top official

Middle East oil shock is ‘largest supply disruption’ in history, IEA says

Argentina posted higher-than-expected inflation ahead of Iran war shock

Utilities surge kept Argentina's inflation rate at monthly 2.9% in February

AFA treasurer Pablo Toviggino testifies in alleged tax evasion case

Un juez declaró inconstitucional un artículo clave de la reforma laboral

Especialista en transparencia sobre Adorni: “Yo no creo francamente que se esté deslomando”

El TSJ ordenó revisar la pena de un condenado que colaboró como “imputado arrepentido”

Milei defendió a Adorni y Giacomini le respondió: "El viaje se financia con robo de impuestos que cobrás a todos"

Analista político: "El argumento de Adorni es el de muchos corruptos, está loco este tipo"