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11.01.26 - 00:12
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"Uninvestable": Trump′s $100 Billion Venezuela Gamble Meets Oil Industry Reality (ZeroHedge)
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"Uninvestable": Trump's $100 Billion Venezuela Gamble Meets Oil Industry Reality
President Donald Trump's push for U.S. oil companies to commit at least $100 billion toward rebuilding Venezuela's energy industry is meeting significant resistance from the very executives he is courting, according to Bloomberg.
Although the White House projects confidence, industry leaders are warning that Venezuela remains too unstable for major investment, with Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods describing the country bluntly as “uninvestable.”
At a closed-door meeting Friday with roughly 20 energy executives, Trump said he expected an agreement “today or very shortly thereafter” to restart large-scale drilling in Venezuela following the removal of Nicolás Maduro. He applied direct pressure, telling the group, “If you don't want to go in, just let me know, because I've got 25 people that aren't here today that are willing to take your place.”
Publicly, many executives praised the opportu...
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10.01.26 - 17:18
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Why Russia′s economy is unlikely to collapse even if oil prices fall (The Guardian)
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Hopes that tougher sanctions and lower oil prices could derail Putin's war effort underestimate how far the Kremlin has rewired its economyPacing inside the Kremlin last weekend, as news feeds churned out minute-by-minute reports of Donald's Trump's Venezuelan coup, Vladimir Putin may have been wondering what it would mean for the price of oil.Crude oil has lubricated the Russian economy for decades – far more than gas exports to Europe – and so the threat of falling oil prices, prompted by US plans for control of Venezuela's rigs, will have been a source of concern. Continue reading......
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10.01.26 - 13:00
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High costs, falling returns: what could go wrong for Trump′s Venezuela oil gamble? (The Guardian)
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US faces big challenges in trying to unlock 'tremendous wealth' from Venezuela's long-neglected oil industryDonald Trump has laid claim to billions of dollars' worth of Venezuelan crude this week, which at a stroke has handed the world's biggest consumer of oil up to 50m barrels – but his ambitions are far greater.The White House said Venezuela would be “turning over” the nearly $3bn (£2.3bn) of crude stranded in tankers and storage facilities before it is sold on the international market and after that the US plans to control all the country's oil sales “indefinitely”. Continue reading......
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10.01.26 - 11:18
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Venezuela: US-Präsident Donald Trump drängt Ölkonzerne zu Milliardeninvestitionen (Manager-Magazin)
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Bei einem Treffen im Weißen Haus versuchte Präsident Trump am Freitag, US-Unternehmen vom Wiederaufbau der Ölindustrie in Venezuela zu begeistern. Vor allem Großkonzerne wie Exxon und ConocoPhillips sind aber sehr zurückhaltend... --- Trump sagte bei dem Treffen, die USA würden den Konzernen zudem Schutz für Personal und Anlagen sowie finanzielle Garantien für ihre Investitionen in Aussicht stellen. Zudem hatte Energieminister Chris Wright (60) die Möglichkeit ins Spiel gebracht, die US-Export-Import-Bank zur Finanzierung großer Ölprojekte einzusetzen.. --- ExxonMobil-Chef Darren Woods (60) etwa warnte, dass Venezuela ohne „signifikante Veränderungen“ weiterhin „uninvestierbar“ bleibt.. --- Bei dem Treffen anwesende kleinere, unabhängige Unternehmen dagegen zeigten sich bereit, in dem Land zu investieren.. --- Laut Trump habe Venezuela zugestimmt, die Erlöse aus dem Verkauf seines Öls ausschließlich für den Kauf von Waren aus amerikanischer Produktion zu verwenden..
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