Energy Trader Trafigura to Talk With US Over Venezuelan Oil

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By Vonnie Quinn, Archie Hunter, and Alex Longley

January 6, 2026 at 10:52 AM UTC

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January 6, 2026 at 12:14 PM UTC

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Trafigura Group and other traders will hold talks with the US government about how they can return to buying crude from Venezuela and supplying fuel to the country after the removal of President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend, said the firm’s global head of oil.