Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization.

Bowing to Trump administration pressure, the new legislation improves conditions for foreign oil companies and opens the way to slash the taxes they pay.

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Without Venezuelan oil to help run manufacturing and agricultural operations, material conditions in Cuba are likely to ...

The ideology named after former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez became more authoritarian under Nicolás Maduro. Can the country ...

Abandoned oil and gas wells pose environmental and public health risks. For three decades, the state has mismanaged funds earmarked for minimizing the threat.

Taylor Sheridan’s hit West Texas oil show “Landman” (the second season ends on Sunday) opens with an oil industry crisis ...

The United States has completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500 million, according to an administration official. Additional sales of oil are expected in the coming days and weeks, ...

A California law that mandates a 3,200 foot buffer between an oil well and a school, home, or other sensitive sites illegally blocks oil and gas development on federal lands, the Justice Department ...

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