The US capture of Venezuelan leader Maduro was a result of goals related to oil reserves, geopolitics, Chinese presence, and ...

A long history of underinvestment, extreme political risk, and organized crime. These are just some of the issues that U.S. oil and minerals companies might face if they were to set foot into ...

Venezuela is a resource-rich country that now stands to benefit tremendously from the recent ousting of the corrupt former ...

Venezuela’s new oil law legalizes private exports and slashes royalties, yet critics say it favors incumbents and entrenched ...

Venezuela, under threat following the attacks of January 3, and in perspective alongside the historical mirror that is Iran, allows us to study the models of classic oil nationalism and pragmatic ...

Venezuela’s reported oil reserves are largely unaudited government claims that ignore economic viability. Most of the country’s oil is extra-heavy crude that requires costly upgrading, diluents, ...

History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment. By Noam Scheiber Venezuela appeared to be entering a capitalist golden age in ...

Here are the basic questions about what happened on Jan. 3, the context you should know, and where things could go next, answered.

The Trump administration’s exercise in armed regime change in Venezuela should have come as no surprise. The U.S. naval buildup in the Caribbean and the ...

Despite Trump’s pledge to hand U.S. firms control over Venezuelan oil sales, major oil companies remain wary due to extreme political risk. Venezuela’s oil is mostly extra-heavy crude from the ...

The Trump administration is preparing to issue a license to formally allow more companies to drill for oil in Venezuela. A ...