Darren Woods
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Sep 23, 2026
Andres VillarroelHOST
Just recently, this year, right after the operation against Maduro, Trump invited executives, oil executives, to the White House.
Andres VillarroelHOST
And one of those was the CEO of Exxon, Darren Woods.
Andres VillarroelHOST
And he said, having Susie Wiles, Trump's chief of staff next to him, he said, Venezuela right now is uninvestable.
Andres VillarroelHOST
due to the political situation, of course.
Andres VillarroelHOST
They also, they are expanding internationally, also in Vaca Muerta in Argentina, that they have significant reservoirs of shale oil, but the heavy crude oil from Venezuela are a completely different ballgame.
Andres VillarroelHOST
And so the company, according to their CEO, they are very excited, they're international expansion, but especially their expansion to another kind of crude and another kind of operation.
Andres VillarroelHOST
Now, regarding oil, we have other major signings from Denarius Holding Group.
Andres VillarroelHOST
They got a 20-year deal.
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Andres VillarroelHOST
But the grudge, you know, both sides, both the chavismo politicians and Exxon, they know how to keep a grudge alive.
Andres VillarroelHOST
Just recently, this year, right after the operation against Maduro, Trump invited executives, oil executives to the White House.
Andres VillarroelHOST
And one of those was the CEO of Exxon, Darren Woods.
Andres VillarroelHOST
And he said, having Susie Wiles, Trump's chief of staff next to him, he said, Venezuela right now is uninvestable.
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In quite a turnaround from their previous goals, Exxon said, We've heard from our shareholders about their desire to catalyze for the changes at ExxonMobil, and we are well-positioned to respond.
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CEO Darren Woods said, We welcome the new directors, Gregory Goff and Kaisa Haitala, to the board and look forward to working with them constructively and collectively on behalf of all the shareholders.
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Just so you know, those two folks are coming from a place called the Engine No. 1 Hedge Fund and are going more towards conservation, more towards both solar power and wind power instead of just sticking with fossil fuels in there.
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They're now on the board with ExxonMobil.
Dominic ChuHOST
With just three members opposing, the bill would require state utility regulators to consider whether large electricity users, like data centers, should bear the costs of the power infrastructure built to serve them.
Dominic ChuHOST
Also, Exxon is reportedly in talks to return to Venezuela for the first time in 20 years after CEO Darren Woods back in January called the country, quote, uninvestable.
Dominic ChuHOST
The company has so far remained on the sidelines as President Trump urges companies to return to Caracas.
Dominic ChuHOST
This after Harold Hamm's Continental Resources signed a preliminary Venezuela oil deal of its own yesterday.
Mark MeyerHOST
It was mostly true social posts and a few video conferences with industry leaders, but there's really no ignoring or pretending that the kind of physical product side of what's going on here.
Mark MeyerHOST
And I think Mike Worth and Darren Woods and the rest are very well positioned to call it like they see it.
Kirk CoburnHOST
Well, I mean, when the second largest oil and gas company says in North America says buffers are gone, He's possibly talking about his own supply chain and seeing like there really is no buffer, which means prices are only headed in one direction.
Kirk CoburnHOST
So let's just summarize what we've talked about.
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Entonces, a pesar de estos factores, las grandes petroleras de EE.UU. no forman parte del acuerdo impulsado por Donald Trump.
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Parte de la respuesta puede encontrarse en el discurso que ofreció en enero Darren Woods, presidente y director ejecutivo de ExxonMobil, en la Casa Blanca.
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Are not part of the agreement promoted by Donald Trump.
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Part of the answer can be found in the speech he gave in January, Darren Woods, chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, at the White House.
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No forman parte del acuerdo impulsado por Donald Trump.
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Parte de la respuesta puede encontrarse en el discurso que ofreció en enero Darren Woods, presidente y director ejecutivo de ExxonMobil, en la Casa Blanca.
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Woods reconoció la oportunidad que ofrecen las grandes reservas de petróleo de Venezuela, pero consideró que las condiciones en ese país no lo hacen apto para la inversión.
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There, Woods recognized the opportunity offered by the large oil reserves he read from Venezuela, but he considered that the conditions in that country did not make it still suitable for investment then.
Andres VillarroelHOST
Trump had, uh, held a meeting in the White House with oil executives, uh, early this year, right after the operation with Maduro.
Andres VillarroelHOST
And we got the, [chuckles] that call from to history of, uh, Exxon CEO Darren Woods, "Venezuela under current conditions is uninvestable." However, you know, there's a however, since, uh, Venezuela, we recognize that the, the resources, natural resources, the most important thing are there.
Andres VillarroelHOST
But the issue is the politics.
Andres VillarroelHOST
Basically, that's what he said.
Patrick BoyleHOST
ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are still chasing over $10 billion in unpaid compensation for assets seized decades ago.
Patrick BoyleHOST
This reluctance was made explicitly clear yesterday evening by ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods, striking a skeptical tone at a White House meeting.
Patrick BoyleHOST
Woods described Venezuela as uninvestable without significant changes to the legal system and commercial frameworks.
Patrick BoyleHOST
noting that Exxon had had its assets seized twice before.
Jason BordoffHOST
The idea that growing Venezuelan oil production for the revenue that can benefit and rebuild the country of Venezuela, if oil supplies and actually U.S. refiners are quite well suited to it, so those supplies come to the United States.
Jason BordoffHOST
If you have rule of law and a democratically elected government that builds the confidence for companies like Chevron and many others to go invest, Darren Woods sort of notably said in the White House, it's uninvestable right now.
Jason BordoffHOST
This was when Maduro was first removed from power.
Jason BordoffHOST
That could potentially be quite a bit of progress, but it doesn't seem like that is what is happening here.
Mark MeyerHOST
And every time I say that, I always think of the famous Who album cover.
Mark MeyerHOST
But yeah, have we heard any pronouncements out of Exxon and Darren Woods in particular saying, wow, you went in there and changed things.
Mark MeyerHOST
Now it's investable.
Mark MeyerHOST
I mean, they've got plenty to do, Exxon, and quite frankly, Chevron, too, now that they're in Stabrook.
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