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Trump’s Friends Are Already Signing Deals to Take Venezuela’s Oil

"It's a milestone deal in making the Western Hemisphere the center of the global energy system," Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday. He was talking about a fellow Trump ally's oil deal with Venezuela: oil tycoon Harold Hamm of Continental Resources, a US petroleum and natural gas production company, who announced a preliminary deal […]

Trump’s Friends Are Already Signing Deals to Take Venezuela’s Oil

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"It's a milestone deal in making the Western Hemisphere the center of the global energy system," Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday.

He was talking about a fellow Trump ally's oil deal with Venezuela: oil tycoon Harold Hamm of Continental Resources, a US petroleum and natural gas production company, who announced a preliminary deal […]

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"It's a milestone deal in making the Western Hemisphere the center of the global energy system," Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday. He was talking about a fellow Trump ally's oil deal with Venezuela: oil tycoon Harold Hamm of Continental Resources, a US petroleum and natural gas production company, who announced a preliminary deal […]

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