Vitol Eyes Venezuela Expansion as Oil Industry Returns

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Commodity trading major Vitol is planning to establish a presence in Venezuela amid a surge in interest in the country’s oil wealth from the resources industry, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources. Vitol is already exporting Venezuelan crude, following the deal that Caracas struck with the United States after the latter ousted the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, in January and took him to the U.S. to stand trial for drug trafficking. Soon after that happened, Vitol and Trafigura struck a deal with the White House to sell…

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Original article published by OilPrice.com on July 8, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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