
Trump Signals Openness to China and India Investing in Venezuela’s Oil Sector
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Proposals to unlock Venezuelan crude mix diplomatic leverage, conditional dollar flows and legal reform, but tangible gains will be limited without multibillion-dollar rehabilitation, bankable investor protections and cleared sanction mechanics. Short-term liquidity operations (including a reported U.S.-managed sale of roughly $500 million) and draft hydrocarbons reforms widen options, yet output under one million bpd and degraded infrastructure make rapid supply gains unlikely.

U.S. Push to Redirect India’s Crude Imports Toward Venezuela Seeks to Erode Russian Oil Revenue
The Trump administration is coupling lower U.S. tariffs for India with a diplomatic effort to shift New Delhi’s heavy crude purchases away from discounted Russian grades toward Venezuelan and U.S. barrels. Practical hurdles—Venezuela’s sub‑1mbd output, $500m U.S.-managed escrow operations, diluent and logistics shortfalls, investor wariness and a roughly $16/barrel Russian discount—make any substantive dent in Moscow’s revenues gradual and contingent on large-scale, multi-year investment and legal guarantees.




