# Trump says U.S. reaches deal to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves

https://mins.news/en/item/36766

- CBC News, 2026-08-28 23:31 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-deal-9.7325117?cmp=rss

> U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration had reached a sweeping agreement with Venezuela. If carried out, the deal could give the U.S. access, at a cost, to vast quantities of the South American country’s untapped oil reserves.

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