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Venezuela

In Venezuela, Anxiety About Ramping Up Oil Production in the Heavily Polluted Lake Maracaibo Region

Experts and local activists, wary of past exploitation, are hoping it will be different this time—but aren’t confident it will be.

By Avril Silva

Oil rigs on the shores of Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas. Credit: Maryorin Mendez/AFP via Getty Images
The Punta Cardon oil refinery is seen in the background of a fisherman sailing his boat from a beach in Amuay, Venezuela. Credit: Jesus Vargas/picture alliance via Getty Images

Yes, Venezuela Has a Ton of Oil—But Its Biggest Opportunity Is Offshore Wind

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

President Donald J. Trump wants private security contractors to protect U.S. oil companies as they go back into Venezuela to modernize aging oil infrastructure, like this refinery, El Palito in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, Venezuela. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence

By Dylan Baddour

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance speaks during a meeting about Venezuela with President Donald Trump and other oil executives at the White House on Friday. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Fight Over Venezuelan Oil Highlights Shadowy International Legal System

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A young Venezuelan miner works in an open pit mine in search of gold in El Callao, Venezuela, on Aug. 29, 2023. Credit: Magda Gibelli/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Wants to Accelerate Extraction in Venezuela. So Do Drug Trafficking Organizations.

By Katie Surma

Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Grab

ICN Sunday Morning

President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, meets with U.S. oil company executives in the at the White House on Friday. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Oil Executives Non-Committal to Trump’s Venezuela Pitch at the White House

By Dennis Pillion

A view of the El Palito refinery operated by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA. Credit: Jesus Vargas/picture alliance via Getty Images

‘The Dirtiest, Worst Oil’ Is in Venezuela

By Phil McKenna

A fisherman casts a net into the sea as an oil tanker is seen anchored in the background on Dec. 18, 2025, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Credit: Jesus Vargas/Getty Images

Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say

By Marianne Lavelle, Georgina Gustin

Debra Ramirez said oil refining operations by petrochemical plants have systematically dismantled her Lake Charles, Louisiana, community.

Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities

Adam Mahoney, Capital B

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