Trump says Exxon is 'going in' to Venezuela as U.S. pushes oil deals

HOUSTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that ExxonMobil (XOM.N), opens new tab, the largest U.S. oil major, was among a group of companies ​planning to do business in Venezuela.

Exxon declined to comment. Any into the South American country would mark a stunning reversal nearly two decades after the company exited following the nationalisation of its assets. The oil producer operates ​the prolific Stabroek Block in next-door Guyana, which currently produces more ​than 900,000 barrels of oil a day.

“We have Exxon going ⁠in, we have Chevron going in, we have our big oil companies ​going in, and everybody’s bidding,” Trump said at a press event in ​the Oval Office, adding that the U.S. was taking out “millions and millions of barrels of oil” that is currently being shipped to refineries in Texas and Louisiana, among ​other locations.