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Miles Archer

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Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:25 PM Jan 9

SAD! UNFAIR! RIGGED! "Oil CEOs largely do not commit to ramping up Venezuela exploration or operations" WOKE! FAKE! SAD! [View all]

Oil CEOs largely do not commit to ramping up Venezuela exploration or operations

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/trump-venezuela-01-09-26?post-id=cmk7bmnhb00053b6qscos9xma

CEOs of major oil companies did not commit to a Venezuela oil deal pushed by President Donald Trump during Friday’s White House meeting.

ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods explained to Trump and his top officials that the country was currently “uninvestible.” Woods said he would have a team from the company start to assess the situation in the country as long as they had a security guarantee. ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance did not commit to his company operating in the country, and a top Chevron official at the meeting detailed the company’s current operations rather than discussing dramatically scaling them up.

Even Harold Hamm, founder of independent US oil company Continental Resources and a close ally of Trump, was careful to not overcommit exploring for oil in Venezuela when asked by Trump.

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