As Shell CEO Wael Sawan Talks Venezuela Oil with Trump, Should You Buy SHEL Stock?

The stunning U.S. military operation that toppled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has suddenly put the global oil world on high alert, and energy stocks in the spotlight. Venezuela isn’t just any oil nation. It sits on a jaw-dropping 303 billion barrels of proven crude reserves, roughly 17 % of the world’s total, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Considering that, investors are now busy trying to figure out which energy companies might cash in on drilling into that black gold onc ...