People familiar with the matter: A few weeks before the US military launched an operation to arrest Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Trump administration officials contacted US oil companies to find out their intentions to return to the Venezuelan market in the “post-Maduro era.” In communication with some US oil companies, Trump administration officials suggested that if companies want compensation for assets lost during the forced withdrawal from Venezuela that year, they should return to the country's market.

People familiar with the matter: A few weeks before the US military launched an operation to arrest Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Trump administration officials contacted US oil companies to find out their intentions to return to the Venezuelan market in the “post-Maduro era.” In communication with some US oil companies, Trump administration officials suggested that if companies want compensation for assets lost during the forced withdrawal from Venezuela that year, they should return to the country's market.