# US company granted 100-year rights to Venezuelan oil fields, sparking confusion and anger

https://mins.news/en/item/41685

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-02 08:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c5y4rkd5zepo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A US-led company has been granted 100-year extraction rights at 17 Venezuelan oil fields containing 65 billion barrels. Donald Trump called the agreement the “biggest oil deal in world history,” while interim President Delcy Rodríguez cited promised investment and tax revenue. Opposition figures and Venezuelan socialists condemned it as a surrender of national assets.

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