{"id":14550,"date":"2026-01-12T16:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14550"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:20:27","slug":"trump-says-hes-inclined-to-keep-exxon-mobil-out-of-venezuela-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14550","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he\u2019s \u2018inclined\u2019 to keep Exxon Mobil out of Venezuela deals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ScreenShot_2026-01-12_161750_913.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ScreenShot_2026-01-12_161750_913.png 314w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ScreenShot_2026-01-12_161750_913-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump said on Sunday that he is inclined to keep oil giant Exxon Mobil out of deals regarding Venezuela following the CEO\u2019s skeptical response to future investment in the South American country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d probably be inclined to keep Exxon out,\u201d Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t like their response. They\u2019re playing too cute,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments come after he hosted Exxon and a number of other major oil firms at the White House on Friday to discuss a deal in which oil companies drill in Venezuela following the U.S. operation to oust the country\u2019s former leader, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While some firms present at the meeting expressed their interest in investing in the South American country, Exxon CEO Darren Woods expressed skepticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a depletion business, the biggest challenge we have is finding resources. There\u2019s an opportunity in Venezuela with all the resources,\u201d Woods told Trump at the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Woods added that he believes today Venezuela is \u201cuninvestable\u201d and major changes have to be made to the country\u2019s commercial framework and legal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exxon, along with ConocoPhillips, were operating in Venezuela until they left in 2007. Chevron is the only U.S. oil firm currently operating there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Woods did not rule out Exxon becoming involved in the country down the line, saying the oil firm would like to assess the situation on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe think it\u2019s absolutely critical in the short term that we get a technical team in place to assess the current state of the industry and the assets to understand what would be involved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the invitation of the Venezuelan government and with appropriate security guarantees, we are ready to put a team on the ground there. We also have an integrated set of capabilities, from production to refining to trading, and I think we can be of assistance to getting the Venezuelan crude to market,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump said on Sunday that he is inclined to keep oil giant Exxon Mobil out of deals regarding Venezuela following the CEO\u2019s skeptical response to future investment in the South American country. \u201cI\u2019d probably be inclined to keep Exxon out,\u201d Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to Washington, D.C. \u201cI didn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3908,1724,1770],"class_list":["post-14550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-exxon","tag-trump","tag-venezuela"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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