United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday (22) that American oil companies will soon begin work looking for oil in Venezuela, even as the companies expressed concern about the feasibility of a quick return to the country.
“We’re going to start drilling very soon. We have the biggest companies in the world. We have them. And they’re going to come in,” Trump said.
According to the president, the work of American oil companies in the country will be profitable. “This will have two effects: it will generate a lot of money for the United States and also for Venezuela, but it will also reduce oil prices even further,” he declared.
Trump reported on Tuesday (20) that the American government of Venezuela and is selling part of it on the open market, although shipping records show that this volume has not yet been exported.
“We took 50 million barrels of oil out of Venezuela in the first four days. We still have millions of barrels of oil. We are selling it on the open market. We are lowering oil prices,” he told reporters at the White House.
Trump also said he had spoken with the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, María Corina Machado, but said that the country’s current interim president, Delcy Rodrígues, “has demonstrated very strong leadership so far.”
“She’s done a really good job,” he said.
Rodríguez said on Tuesday that the country received US$300 million from the sale of oil, the first installment of the agreement to supply 50 million barrels of oil announced by the American, Caracas, following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.
