US president says US will have ‘majority’ control of 65bn barrels of proven oil reserves
Donald Trump announced Friday a new US oil agreement with Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez, saying the US will have “majority” control of 65bn barrels of proven oil reserves.
The terms of the agreement remain to be seen, but the US president said on his social-media platform that it had been brokered “through a partnership with private business” by his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and defense secretary, Pete Hegseth.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/trump-venezuela-oil-agreement
Author : Guardian staff and agencies
Publish date : 2026-08-28 23:34:00
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