Trump administration sets meetings with oil companies on Venezuela
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The three biggest US oil companies have so far not had any meetings with the government, contradicting Trump’s comments. The administration of United States President Donald Trump is planning to meet with executives from US oil companies later this week to discuss boosting Venezuelan oil production after US forces abducted its leader, Nicolas Maduro, the Reuters news agency has reported, citing unnamed sources. The three biggest US oil companies – Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips and Chevron – have not yet had any conversations with the Trump administration about Maduro’s ouster, according to four oil industry executives familiar with the matter, contradicting Trump’s statements over the weekend that he had already held meetings with “all” the US oil companies, both before and since Maduro was abducted . “Nobody in those three companies has had conversations with the White House about operating in Venezuela, pre-removal or post-removal, to this point,” ...