Energy experts say reviving Venezuela’s oil industry could be a decade-long process, and could cost upwards of $100 billion.

U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars in Venezuela's energy sector after the overthrow of Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump said.

"We have tremendous energy in that country. It's very important that we protect it. We need that for ourselves."

Experts say lifting production to former levels could take decades, and huge investment will be needed

Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country's president in a military raid isn't likely to…

Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country's president in a military raid isn't likely to…

The US president believes that the ousting of Venezuelan head of state Nicolas Maduro paves the way for the return of American oil majors to a country that holds the world's…

Donald Trump has said that American oil firms will invest billions to produce oil in Venezuela.

U.S. urges oil companies to invest in Venezuela to recover expropriated assets and revive the struggling oil industry.

Exploiting Latin American country's reserves faces obstacles from decrepit infrastructure to leadership uncertainty.

The US might aim to unlock the country’s reserves, but cost and political uncertainty make it look an uncertain option

The White House official did not say which companies the administration has spoken to or when the conversations took place.

“I don't think any large U.S. major company is going to want to invest without a series of guarantees,” one historian of Venezuela said.

Energy experts say reviving Venezuela’s oil industry could be a decade-long process, and could cost upwards of $100 billion.

The upcoming meetings will be crucial to the administration's hopes to boost crude oil production and exports from Venezuela.

Doubling Venezuela's weakened oil flows could cost $110 billion and take until 2030.

President says a ‘tremendous amount of money’ will need to be spent repairing country’s infrastructure

Trump is open about his ambitions for scaled-up US operations, but analysts say such plans would take time.

Industry insiders say US oil companies want to ‘avoid getting screwed’ and will proceed with extreme caution

In the 1990s, Venezuelan society became further split between the wealthy, who wanted to work with the US, and the working class, who didn't.

Trump's announcement came days after U.S. forces attacked Venezuela and captured its leader, Nicolas Maduro, to be prosecuted on drug-trafficking charges.