Shell eyes return to Venezuela to claim gas billions

Shell could accelerate its massive Dragon gas field project in South America - Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Shell could earn billions of dollars from new Venezuelan gas projects following Donald Trump’s ousting of Nicolás Maduro. The British oil company wants to target the rich gas fields lying between Venezuela and the neighbouring offshore islands of Trinidad and Tobago but has faced years of delay linked to US sanctions. Mr Trump’s intervention means a potential acceleration of the massive ...