Exxon wants more.
They are trying to make a better deal for themselves.
Exxon is in places like Nigeria and Kazakhstan and now they want to pretend Venezuela is to unstable? LOL
They must think they have leverage.
Nigeria and Kazakhstan might not be tourist destinations, but the fact is that both are stable kleptocracies. No foreign assets have ever been expropriated in either. Oil companies have flourished in both for decades without threat.
As to “leverage”: leverage with whom? Short of Marines being sent to rebuild facilities of the US taxpayer’s nickel, I doubt any serious investment will take place. Exxon was just more outspoken than the others.
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