Questions Mount Over Venezuela’s Biggest Oil Deal

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A high-profile U.S.-backed oil agreement involving North American Blue Energy Partners and Venezuela faces questions about the company’s ability to develop the country’s oil resources. Industry workers and experts cited by Reuters point to significant development challenges amid changes to Venezuela’s legal and regulatory framework following Nicolás Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces.

“The biggest oil deal in world history” between the Trump Administration and North American Blue Energy Partners may not live up to the hype as the privately held and previously little-known company could face steep challenges in developing Venezuela’s huge oil resources, Reuters reported, citing more than a dozen oil workers, contractors, and experts from the industry. Following the capture of Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces in January, the U.S.-backed interim Venezuelan government has made changes to the legal, regulatory, and…