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EnergyExxon and Chevron decline new spending in Venezuela while taking a wait-and-see approach for the years ahead
By Jordan BlumJanuary 30, 2026
EnergyAmerican oil company CEOs feel increasingly ‘slighted’ by Trump’s focus on Venezuela: ‘That’s bad for U.S. producers’
By Jordan BlumJanuary 23, 2026
PoliticsTrump’s TACO ‘solution’ to Greenland crisis: Backing off his 10% tariff threats against Western Europe
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 21, 2026
EnergyTrump threatens to keep ‘too cute’ Exxon out of Venezuela after CEO provides reality check on ‘uninvestable’ industry
By Jordan BlumJanuary 12, 2026
EnergyTrump pushes for $100 billion in oil investments in Venezuela while Exxon and others say it’s currently ‘uninvestable’ without major reforms
By Jordan BlumJanuary 9, 2026
Energy‘What we call corruption’: Harvard economist and former Venezuelan minister says Trump’s oil profit motives have no place in Venezuela’s future
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 9, 2026
EnergyPaul Singer’s Elliott Management is one of the big winners in Venezuela’s forced sale of Citgo and the toppling of Maduro
By Jordan BlumJanuary 9, 2026
EnergyThe U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela has cost $700 million already—and is rising by $9 million daily
By Jordan BlumJanuary 8, 2026
EnergyPresident Trump stands ready to send U.S. Big Oil into Venezuela en masse, but the messy reality of rebuilding a ruined industry takes many years
By Jordan BlumJanuary 6, 2026
EnergyTrump’s strike on Venezuela gives the U.S. 30% of the world’s oil reserves on paper and a $100 billion rebuilding job in reality
By Sasha Rogelberg and Nick LichtenbergJanuary 5, 2026
NewslettersBig Oil gets its first female CEO as women quietly rise to the top of the energy industry
By Emma HinchliffeDecember 18, 2025
EnergyEmbattled BP replaces CEO, naming Woodside Energy chief as first-ever woman leader of a Big Oil giant
By Jordan BlumDecember 17, 2025
EnergyEverything the Trump administration is doing in Venezuela involves oil and regime change—even if the White House won’t admit it
By Jordan BlumDecember 14, 2025
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