With Venezuela sidelined and U.S. backing effectively deterring any aggression, geopolitical risk around Essequibo has faded ...

Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods candidly called Venezuela "uninvestable" at a White House meeting on Friday, leading Trump on ...

Reviving Venezuela’s oil industry will take years and cost billions of dollars, limiting the country’s impact on global ...

When Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Darren Woods told President Donald Trump Friday that Venezuela is currently ...

ExxonMobil faces rising tensions with Trump over Venezuela as political risks, legal uncertainty and volatile oil markets ...

Woods is a believer in the famed, disciplined “Exxon way.” He’s always cordial but blunt. He’ll tell you Exxon won’t invest ...

When Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Darren Woods told President Donald Trump Friday that Venezuela is currently “uninvestable,” he was echoing warnings already issued by oil industry leaders and ...

President Donald Trump said he has guaranteed companies they won’t have any problems in Venezuela. Oil executives only had ...

Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods' emergence as an unofficial industry spokesman has put him at odds with Trump with his frank ...

ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods, alongside other industry executives, attended a meeting hosted by President Donald Trump on January 9, 2026 to discuss the future of the ...

Trump thinks the spigots will soon start flowing with Venezuela's oil. The oil industry isn't eager to see that happen.

He said he may exclude the oil and gas company from Venezuelan oil activities after its chief executive publicly expressed ...