# Trump says US struck deal to control Venezuela’s 65 billion barrels of oil reserves

https://mins.news/en/item/36811

- euronews, 2026-08-29 06:18 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/29/us-strikes-deal-to-control-more-than-65-billion-barrels-of-venezuelas-oil-reserves

> Donald Trump says the US has reached a deal to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves. He has long been open about wanting the US to secure Venezuelan oil and has urged oil companies to invest in the South American country.

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- [US Venezuela Oil and Diplomatic Relations](https://mins.news/en/topic/us-venezuela-oil-relations) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/us-venezuela-oil-relations.md

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