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U.S. oil companies sign some of the first deals with Venezuela since Maduro's capture

NPR | By Natalie Weber,
Sacha Pfeiffer
Published August 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM CDT

Venezuela's oil minister and a top state-owned oil company executive visited Houston this week, signing some of their first contracts with U.S. companies since the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro.

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