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Trump's Venezuelan Oil Company Launches Massive Drilling Push

Wall Street Journal US Business •
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The company led by Alejandro Betancourt plans to dispatch more than 50 drilling rigs to turbocharge the country's anemic crude production. The initiative represents a significant expansion of operations in Venezuela's oil sector, aiming to increase output from current levels. The move comes amid ongoing challenges in the Latin American nation's energy industry, where production has struggled in recent years.

This drilling campaign marks one of the largest scaling efforts in the region's oil market in recent memory, with the company positioning itself to capitalize on untapped reserves and infrastructure opportunities.