Venezuela leader Rodriguez signs agreement with French Oil Company Total Energies

September 19, 2026 7:22 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez attends the signing of cooperation agreements in education, hydrocarbons, tourism, agriculture and political affairs with Suriname's President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (not pictured) at the Preside

CARACAS, ‌Sept 19 (Reuters) - ​Venezuela ​Interim President Delcy ‌Rodriguez on Saturday signed ⁠a memorandum of ‌understanding with French ‌oil and gas company Total ​Energies, according to local media.

It ⁠was the latest of ​a flurry of oil deals signed ​between multinational ‌oil companies and Venezuela's new ⁠government, following the U.S.'s toppling ⁠of former president Nicolas ​Maduro in January.

No details about the deal ‌with Total Energy were immediately ‌available.

(Reporting ⁠by Deisy ‌Buitrago ​in Caracas, writing by Laura ‌Gottesdiener)



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