“The United States announced that it's going to take a 35 percent stake in an oil company in Venezuela… control 65 billion barrels… 17 oil fields… 55 percent ownership… 100-year agreement.”
The Cato Weekly Podcast · Trading Democracy for Oil? The Venezuela-US Deal
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What was described
took a 35% equity stake in a Venezuelan oil company through the Pentagon
35% stake; 65 billion barrels of reserves; 17 oil fields; 55% ownership of those fields; 100-year term
Said nearby on the same subject
“Purchase of the international assets of a big Russian oil company called Luke Oil… for a group of investors to come in and buy those billions of dollars in assets… the U.S. government would take a stake.”
“It's also been really important to me to have equity… I partner with Rich Kleiman and Kevin Durant in boardroom… I get a real like stake in that company.”
“Glasic you know i think they bought their stake for half of turning point essentially that it was originally i believe all debt which was converted into equity for 11 million dollars back in 2010”