英国石油公司BP已获得许可证，与卡塔尔石油公司和阿联酋国家石油公司海外投资部门携手开发委内瑞拉Loran气田第二阶段[1]。这是美国推翻马杜罗政权后，大规模外资进入委内瑞拉的首批项目之一[1]。BP首席执行官称该许可证标志着与委内瑞拉合作取得重要进展[1]。
该交易涉及的企业与特朗普政府存在关联[1]。卡塔尔公司所有者曾与伊万卡·特朗普和贾里德·库什纳合作开发阿尔巴尼亚度假村项目[1]；阿联酋工业部长苏丹·阿尔贾贝尔在2025年承诺增加向美国能源部门的投资至440亿美元[1]。此前特朗普呼吁外国石油公司投资"至少1000亿美元"用于开发委内瑞拉石油资源[1]。
委内瑞拉石油产量已从约100万桶/天上升至120万桶/天，对美国炼油厂的出口达2019年以来最高水平[1]。
BP has announced a partnership to develop the second phase of Venezuela's Loran offshore gasfield alongside two oil companies with ties to the Trump administration.[1] The collaboration involves the Qatar-based Al-Khayyat brothers' firm and the overseas investment arm of the UAE's national oil company.[1] BP's chief executive described the license as a significant step forward in the company's cooperation with Venezuela.[1]
The venture represents one of the first major foreign investment projects in Venezuela following the Trump administration's push for regime change.[1] The Qatari company's owners have previously worked with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner on an Albanian resort development project.[1] The UAE's industrial minister Sultan Al Jaber committed in 2025 to increase his country's investment in the U.S. energy sector sixfold to $44 billion (£32.5 billion).[1] President Trump has called on foreign oil companies to invest "at least $100 billion" in developing Venezuela's petroleum resources.[1]
Venezuela's crude oil production has risen from approximately one million barrels per day to 1.2 million barrels daily, with exports to American refineries reaching their highest level since 2019.[1]