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US Moves to Block Claims on Venezuelan Oil Revenue, Trump to Speak in Detroit, More
10 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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This executive order the president signed today is meant to safeguard Venezuelan oil revenue held in U.S. Treasury accounts by blocking it from the Latin American country's creditors and preventing its seizure to satisfy debts or other legal claims. The Trump administration, meantime, says it will lift sanctions on Venezuela as U.S. companies return.
But Venezuela does have strict laws on foreign oil companies, including high royalty fees and income taxes. Bob McNally, founder and president of Rapidan Energy Group, says it's an ongoing process to right the ship.
President Trump, I think, and Secretary Marco Rubio and others understand that to get that capital flowing in, they have to first have a government they can work with, that's stable, that they can work with. And those laws will have to change at a bare minimum. McNally is founder and president of Rapid Energy Group.
President Trump, meantime, says he sort of formed a deal on Venezuela with oil execs during a meeting at the White House yesterday. They're going to be going in with hundreds of billions of dollars in drilling oil and it's good for Venezuela and it's great for the United States.
Even so, some companies like Exxon are apparently still skeptical, but the administration says Chevron is already making headway and could boost its cash flow by as much as $700 million a year. More on that part of the story from Bloomberg's Charlie Pellett. Jason Gabelman of TD Cowen says Chevron has a, quote, differentiated opportunity among peers to increase production.
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Chapter 2: What executive order did President Trump sign regarding Venezuelan oil revenue?
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Chapter 3: How is the Trump administration addressing sanctions on Venezuela?
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