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1. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Fabiola Zerpa and Mie Dahl

   U.S., Venezuela discuss major oil field stake, potential 100-year lease (opens the original)

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   (Bloomberg) – The U.S. is in talks with Venezuela to take a large stake in its oil fields, a dramatic move by the Trump administration to extend its influence on the post-Maduro government and the nation’s vast energy reserves. Negotiators from both countries are discussing the plan, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. Some of them said a possible arrangement that has been discussed is a 100-year-lease on several oil fi

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2. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Fabiola Zerpa

   Venezuela issues sweeping oil regulations to expand private sector role (opens the original)

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   (Bloomberg) – Venezuela’s interim government published long-awaited oil regulations on Thursday that effectively end the decades-long control of national oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) over the country’s lifeblood industry. Spanning 29 pages in the Official Gazette, the regulations lay out rules for the private sector to operate, from wellhead to fuel pump, as well as fiscal terms, with a range of taxes reflecting the risk profile of assets, from brownfield deposits to offshore op

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