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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

What role could the US play in Venezuela’s ‘bust’ oil industry?

Large infrastructure with lots of metal towers in Venezuela
The El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, operated by the state-owned PDVSA. Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP

The Venezuelan oil industry has been “a total bust” for a long time, according to Donald Trump. After attacking Caracas and taking the country’s leader captive, Trump promised to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry with the help of America’s biggest oil companies.

Venezuela’s beleaguered oil industry could “make a lot of money” with the might of the US behind it, Trump told the press, claiming that the new regime would invest billions to revive its fortunes.

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