# Signing ceremony held for US control of a fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves

https://mins.news/en/item/42578

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-02 18:51 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/2/signing-ceremony-as-us-to-control-a-fifth-of-venezuelas-oil-reserves?traffic_source=rss

> US Energy Secretary Chris Wright is in Venezuela for the signing of a major oil agreement that would give the United States control of about a fifth of the country’s vast oil reserves. President Donald Trump has called it the “biggest oil deal in world history.”

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