{"id":798,"date":"2026-09-17T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/us-energy-producer-to-unveil-venezuela-investment-energy-secretary-says\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T00:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:01:48","slug":"us-energy-producer-to-unveil-venezuela-investment-energy-secretary-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/us-energy-producer-to-unveil-venezuela-investment-energy-secretary-says\/","title":{"rendered":"US energy producer to unveil Venezuela investment, energy secretary says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->WASHINGTON\/HOUSTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) &#8211; A U.S. oil and gas producer will announce a major investment \u200cinto Venezuela on Wednesday, U.S. Energy Secretary \u200cChris Wright told Fox News.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Foreign oil producers are migrating joint \u200bventures and production sharing contracts in Venezuela as part of a sweeping energy reform, while new entrants &#8211; mostly U.S.-based firms &#8211; are committing to development projects \u200cin the OPEC \u2060country encouraged by a Washington-supported $100 billion reconstruction plan for the industry.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Oklahoma City-based Continental \u2060Resources, founded by billionaire Harold Hamm, is expected to announce a deal to invest in the South \u200bAmerican country \u200bat a G20 \u200benergy summit in Houston, \u200cBloomberg News reported.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Continental is among a group of companies reported to have held talks with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump about possible investments in Venezuela after U.S. forces removed former President \u200cNicolas Maduro from power in \u200bJanuary.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Continental Resources did not immediately \u200brespond to a \u200brequest for comment.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Separately, Florida-headquartered Denarius Holding \u200cGroup, whose main shareholder is \u200bTurkey&#8217;s energy \u200bfirm Can2 Termik , said Wednesday that it had reached a 20-year agreement to operate an \u200boil project \u200cin Venezuela.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->(Reporting by Katharine Jackson, Marianna Parraga, Sheila \u200bDang and Georgina McCartney; Editing by David \u200bLjunggren and Nathan Crooks)<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\/HOUSTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) &#8211; A U.S. oi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}