Trump threatens to block ExxonMobil from Venezuela
after CEO calls country ‘uninvestable’
Trump says the company is
'playing too cute’
after CEO responds sceptically to his push for oil investment
after deposing Nicolšs Maduro
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Trump 'inclined' to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after CEO response at White House meeting (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/11/trump-inclined-to-keep-exxonmobil-out-of-venezuela-after-ceo-response-at-white-house-meeting-00721688
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US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Donald Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’
https://www.ft.com/content/4c21c031-443e-4834-a7a6-3dd59672b54e
Darren Woods is known mostly as the chairman of ExxonMobil,
the largest U.S. oil company.
On Friday, however, he made noise in a different sphere by placing an obscure financial term into the political lexicon:
"#Uninvestible."
That's how Woods described Venezuela
—more specifically, Venezuela's oil industry.
His remark came during a meeting of s…
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"If we look at the legal and commercial constructs and frameworks in place today in Venezuela, today it's uninvestible, and so significant changes have to be made."
-- ExxonMobil Chairman Darren Woods
The US supreme court has decided to hear arguments in a
climate accountability lawsuit,
marking the first time the high court has weighed in on such a case.
The decision could potentially hinder the wave of climate litigation the US has seen in recent years.
“It’s not a good sign,”
said Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law and Graduate School.
The lawsuit in question was filed by the city of Boulder, Colorado, against two major o…
Just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half the global carbon dioxide emissions driving the climate crisis in 2024,
down from 36 a year earlier, a report has revealed.
Saudi Aramco was the biggest state-controlled polluter
and ExxonMobil was the largest investor-owned polluter.
Critics accused the leading fossil fuel companies of
“sabotaging climate action” and
“being on the wrong side of history”
but said the emissions data was increasing…