Chevron (NYSE:CVX) shares slide into the red in Wednesday's trading, -1.1%, after President Trump said he plans to revoke an oil license to operate in Venezuela, citing the country’s failure to take back migrants to the U.S as quickly as it promised, according to Bloomberg.
Trump referred to a concession agreement from November 2022, which would match the date that Chevron (NYSE:CVX) was granted a license to produce and sell oil in Venezuela despite sanctions against the Maduro government; under the license terms, Chevron would have to exit Venezuela by the end of July.
Chevron (CVX) is the only major U.S. oil producer still operating in Venezuela and was producing more than 200K bbl/day from its share of projects in the country as of mid-2024; Venezuela recently has raised its oil production above 1M bbl/day with the U.S. company's help.
The Biden administration had granted Chevron (CVX) a wider range of production and crude sales beginning in 2022, but the company has said it was not committing additional capital in Venezuela due to the short-term nature of its license.
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