
Chevron confirmed it will expand operations in Venezuela following a US deal to develop the nation's oil reserves, with plans to invest over $7 billion to double production to 600,000 barrels per day amid sanctions and degraded infrastructure.
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Chevron is the only major US oil company operating in Venezuela, where infrastructure is degraded and international sanctions limit production despite the nation holding the world's largest proven oil reserves.
Oil giant Chevron confirmed that it would expand operations in Venezuela after US President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits.
Chevron, the only US oil company with a major presence in Venezuela, said on Wednesday that it had been assigned additional acreage in the Orinoco Belt, where it has active operations.
The company plans to invest more than US$7 billion over the next five years, with the goal of more than doubling its current production to about 600,000 barrels a day.
“Chevron’s history in Venezuela spans more than a century, and our expanded position reflects our confidence in the country’s deep resource potential,” CEO Mike Wirth said in a prepared statement.
Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven reserves, totalling more than 303 billion barrels of crude oil, according to Opec’s 2025 Annual Statistical Bulletin. Saudi Arabia is a distant second with 267 billion barrels.
Yet because Venezuela’s energy infrastructure is severely degraded and the nation is operating under international sanctions, its daily production is just over 1 million barrels, compared with the 10 million to 11 million barrels that Saudi Arabia produces each day. The US produces almost 14 million barrels per day.
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Chevron will begin drilling on additional acreage in the Orinoco Belt within 12 months
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