President Trump convened oil industry leaders at the White House to discuss taking charge of Venezuela’s oil industry, but several executives signalled deep reservations. At the highly staged meeting, Exxon Mobil chief Darren Woods said his company had its assets seized in Venezuela twice and called re-entering the country

President Trump met with oil and gas executives at the White House on Friday to press the biggest U.S. and European oil companies to invest at least $100 billion in Venezuela, but many of the executives signalled reluctance to commit. Smaller businesses and some traders or refiners have been

President Trump will meet on Friday with executives from major U.S. energy companies after he said they would “spend billions of dollars” and “take back the oil” in Venezuela, remarks that executives said left them unprepared to commit to large-scale investments. Administration officials have since rushed to gauge companies’