Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves

Source: www.npr.org · Section: headlines · Bias: Right · Published: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:07:55 GMT

President Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country's untapped oil reserves, at cost.

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Center-Right: Scoop: U.S. close to striking "massive" deal for Venezuelan oil fields — www.axios.com
Center: Trump says U.S. now has control of over 60 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves — www.cbsnews.com
Center-Right: Trump's evolving endgame for the Iran war, in 6 quotes — www.axios.com
Center-Left: Trump announces new US oil agreement with Venezuela — www.theguardian.com
Right: Trump: U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves — www.washingtontimes.com
Right: Trump says U.S. has struck deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves — www.nbcnews.com
Right: Trump says he secured ‘majority US control’ of large slice of Venezuela’s oil reserves — thehill.com
Right: President Trump announces 'biggest oil deal in world history' — www.nbcnews.com

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