Trump brings together oil executives at the White House to define the “future of Venezuelan crude”

U.S. President Donald Trump led a high-level meeting at the White House on Thursday with leading executives from the international energy sector to address the future of the commercialization, exploitation, and control of Venezuelan oil, in a context marked by U.S. intervention in Venezuela, the installation of interim authorities in Caracas, and the reshaping of the hemispheric energy map.

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WSJ: ExxonMobil Negotiated in Secret with Rosneft to Return to Russia Amid Peace Talks

Exxon Mobil held secret meetings this year with Rosneft, Russia’s largest energy company, to evaluate a potential return to the massive Sakhalin oil and gas project in the Russian Far East. According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, the plan would depend on a potential peace agreement in Ukraine and the easing of sanctions against Moscow.

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