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Crude appeal: why Trump wants Venezuela’s oil

Crude appeal: why Trump wants Venezuela’s oil

Science Weekly vor 9 Monaten

Jillian Ambrose explains the appeal of Venezuelan oil, how easy it is to extract and what the capture of Nicolás Maduro tells us about Trump’s energy strategy

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The US capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on
Saturday left many people wondering why? Donald Trump hinted at an
answer when he claimed the Venezuelan regime had stolen US oil
rights and that American oil companies would help to run Venezuela
going forward. Jillian Ambrose, the Guardian energy correspondent,
explains to Ian Sample the appeal of Venezuelan oil to the US, how
easy it is to extract and what the latest action tells us about
Trump’s energy strategy. Help support our independent journalism at
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