US President Donald Trump said on Friday that an agreement has been reached with Venezuela to hand over most control of its oil reserves to Washington. “Following my instructions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegeses have worked closely with the highly respected Venezuelan Interim President Delsi Rodriguez, and through collaboration with private companies, they have given the US most control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves without any cost to US taxpayers,” Trump said in a social media post. According to reports, the US government is seeking to obtain important rights in Venezuela's oil reserves through potential cooperation between the Department of Defense and energy investor Alejandro Betancourt. Betancourt, whose background is quite controversial, has become an important intermediary between the US and the US. People familiar with the matter said that the negotiations involved as many as 17 oil fields distributed in Venezuela's main oil-producing basins.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that an agreement has been reached with Venezuela to hand over most control of its oil reserves to Washington. “Following my instructions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegeses have worked closely with the highly respected Venezuelan Interim President Delsi Rodriguez, and through collaboration with private companies, they have given the US most control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves without any cost to US taxpayers,” Trump said in a social media post. According to reports, the US government is seeking to obtain important rights in Venezuela's oil reserves through potential cooperation between the Department of Defense and energy investor Alejandro Betancourt. Betancourt, whose background is quite controversial, has become an important intermediary between the US and the US. People familiar with the matter said that the negotiations involved as many as 17 oil fields distributed in Venezuela's main oil-producing basins.