Venezuela’s Oil Industry at a Crossroads: A Structured Look at What Reopening Could Mean
With U.S. President Donald Trump publicly outlining a vision in which American oil companies could invest billions of dollars to revive Venezuela’s oil sector, global attention has once again turned to one of the world’s most resource-rich yet operationally constrained petroleum producers. For now, however, much remains unresolved. Sanctions policy, domestic governance, the hydrocarbons legal framework, and the future role of the national oil company PDVSA are all subject to uncertainty.
