U.S. Energy Secretary says will control Venezuelan oil sales 'indefinitely'

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday (January 7, 2026) that Washington volition power income of Venezuelan lipid "indefinitely," a time aft President Donald Trump announced Venezuela's interim leaders had agreed to U.S.-managed selling of 30-50 cardinal barrels of crude.

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"We're going to marketplace the crude coming retired of Venezuela, archetypal this backed up stored oil, and past indefinitely, going forward, we volition merchantability the accumulation that comes retired of Venezuela into the marketplace," Mr. Wright said astatine a Goldman Sachs vigor lawsuit successful Miami.

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