Move will be one of first large-scale foreign investments in country since US ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in January

Venezuela has granted licenses for three foreign companies to look for and produce natural gas as the government opens up the energy sector under intense U.S. pressure.

El otorgamiento de permisos a British Petroleum, XRG de Emiratos Árabes Unidos y UCC de Qatar busca reactivar un sector paralizado por los sismos y reconfigura las reglas del…