智通财经网·2026-01-09 23:25Group 1 - Major oil executives expressed caution regarding re-entering Venezuela, despite President Trump's call for companies to invest at least $100 billion to restore production [1] - ExxonMobil's CEO stated that Venezuela is currently "not investable" and emphasized the need for substantial changes in legal and business frameworks for a third return [1] - Trump indicated that the U.S. would provide security guarantees for companies entering Venezuela but did not specify how, while also stating that the U.S. would not compensate for previous losses [2] Group 2 - Chevron is still operating in Venezuela under a special U.S. license, while ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips exited after asset nationalization by former President Chavez [3] - Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves globally, but production has fallen to less than 1 million barrels per day due to years of neglect and foreign withdrawal [3] - Restoring the oil infrastructure may require years and hundreds of billions in investment to slightly increase production, far from the peak of nearly 4 million barrels per day in the 1970s [3]