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The Trump administration on Thursday eased some sanctions on Venezuela&#x27;s oil industry to encourage U.S. investment, after U.S. forces ousted the South American country&#x27;s President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-1" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">The U.S. Treasury authorized transactions involving the government of Venezuela and state oil company PDVSA related to &quot;the lifting, exportation, reexportation, sale, resale, supply, storage, marketing, purchase, delivery, or transportation of Venezuelan-origin oil, including the refining of such oil, by an established U.S. entity.&quot;</div><p data-testid="promo-box" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h"> <!-- -->Sign up<!-- --> <!-- --> <a data-testid="Link" referrerPolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" href="undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fbusiness%2Fenergy%2Fus-eases-sanctions-venezuelan-oil-industry-2026-01-29%2F" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC">here.</a></p><div data-testid="element" class="article-body-module__element__5eCce"></div><div data-testid="paragraph-2" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">The authorization, known as a general license, did not include language lifting sanctions on production of Venezuelan oil. A White House official confirmed the measure kept sanctions on production of Venezuelan crude, adding it &quot;would help flow existing product&quot; and that there will soon be more announcements on easing of sanctions.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-3" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">The move could unlock billions of dollars in new U.S. investment into Venezuela&#x27;s crippled energy sector, but it excludes firms from rivals like China and Russia, signaling an &quot;America First&quot; approach to the nation&#x27;s reconstruction.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-4" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">The easing of some sanctions marks a pronounced shift from the previous strategy of granting individual exemptions.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-5" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">During President Donald Trump&#x27;s first administration, the Treasury&#x27;s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Venezuela&#x27;s entire energy industry as subject to U.S. sanctions in 2019 after Maduro&#x27;s first re-election, which Washington did not recognize.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-6" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">The license does not authorize any payment terms that are not commercially reasonable, involve debt swaps or payments in gold, or are denominated in digital currency.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-7" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">The license excludes any transactions involving persons or entities located in or controlled by Russia, Iran, North Korea and Cuba. 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1-1v-6c0-.6.4-1 1-1s1 .4 1 1v6a3 3 0 0 1-3 3H9a3 3 0 0 1-2.2-.9A3 3 0 0 1 6 23V9a3 3 0 0 1 3-3Zm10 0 .4.1.5.5.1.4v6c0 .6-.4 1-1 1s-1-.4-1-1V9.4l-5.3 5.3a1 1 0 0 1-.7.3 1 1 0 0 1-.7-.3 1 1 0 0 1 0-1.4L22.6 8H19c-.6 0-1-.4-1-1s.4-1 1-1Z"></path></svg><span style="border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);clip-path:inset(50%);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap">, opens new tab</span></a>, and some U.S. oil service providers had sought licenses in recent weeks to expand output or exports from the OPEC member. The companies are partners and customers of PDVSA.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-9" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">Jeremy Paner, a lawyer at Hughes Hubbard &amp; Reed and a former OFAC sanctions investigator, said the authorization is broad in the sense that it opens up many operations including refining, transportation and &quot;lifting&quot; of Venezuelan oil.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-10" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">But he said the scope is narrow in that it only applies to U.S. companies.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-11" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">Kevin Book, an analyst at ClearView Energy Partners, said the authorization could provide clarity for U.S. companies considering new investments while maintaining the previous standard of case-by-case review for non-U.S. entities.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-12" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">“In short, it appears to offer ‘America First, Others Ask’ sanctions relief.”</div><div data-testid="paragraph-13" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">The large number of individual requests to the U.S. government had delayed progress on plans to expand exports and get investment moving quickly into Venezuela, two sources said this week.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-14" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">The new OFAC license, meanwhile, came as lawmakers in Venezuela on Thursday approved a <a data-testid="Link" referrerPolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/sweeping-oil-reform-venezuela-approved-operators-expected-gain-autonomy-2026-01-29/" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC">sweetened reform</a> of the country&#x27;s main oil law that is expected to grant autonomy to private producers in joint ventures or under new contracts to operate their projects and commercialize the output. It also formalizes an oil production-sharing model first introduced by Maduro and negotiated with little-known energy firms in recent years.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-15" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">Following the U.S. capture of Maduro, the Trump administration is pursuing a <a data-testid="Link" referrerPolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/big-oil-offers-reality-check-trumps-venezuela-dream-2026-01-12/" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC">$100 billion reconstruction plan</a> for the country&#x27;s oil industry, and intends to manage the oil sales &quot;indefinitely.&quot; The effort builds on an initial <a data-testid="Link" referrerPolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/venezuela-us-talks-export-venezuelan-oil-us-sources-say-2026-01-06/" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC">$2 billion deal</a> that Washington and Caracas reached in January to export Venezuelan crude oil, including to U.S. refiners.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-16" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin American Energy Program at Rice University&#x27;s Baker Institute in Houston, said he wondered if the exclusion of Russian and Chinese production would make it hard for PDVSA to operate or market oil from those ventures. Ventures with those countries produce about 22% of the oil, he said.</div><div data-testid="paragraph-17" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF">“If they cannot export the oil coming from these ventures, that&#x27;s a big problem.”</div><div class="article-body-module__element__5eCce"><p data-testid="SignOff" class="text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP">Reporting by Reporting by Timothy Gardner, Marianna Parraga, Christian Martinez and Daphne Psaledakis; …

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