U.S. control of the Venezuelan energy industry could “reshape the balance of power in international energy markets,” analysts with JP Morgan wrote Monday.

Shares of U.S. oil companies soared in premarket trade on Monday, as investors monitor the fallout from the White House's military operation in Venezuela.

Shares of U.S. oil majors are rising as investors bet that they will cash in after the military action that ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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

U.S. control of the Venezuelan energy industry could “reshape the balance of power in international energy markets,” analysts with JP Morgan wrote Monday.

“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.