by Derek Seidman | Jan 9, 2026 | Chevron, China, Donald Trump, ExxonMobil, Fossil Fuels, Halliburton, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, News Analysis, Nicolás Maduro, Oil, Oil Companies, Trump Administration, Venezuela
For months, U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed that his pressure campaign against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, backed by dozens of illegal killings through drone strikes, was about fighting drugs and cartels. But at his press conference after the U.S. abduction of Maduro, Trump couldn’t stop talking about oil. “We’re gonna take back the oil,” Trump brazenly said.
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by Luke Goldstein | Jan 6, 2026 | ConocoPhillips, Fossil Fuels, Halliburton, Iraq War, News, Nicolás Maduro, Oil and Gas Industry, Regime Change, Venezuela
Just weeks before the American military operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. energy giant Halliburton filed an unusual lawsuit in international court claiming the Venezuelan government owed them damages for U.S. sanctions against the country. A separate case against Venezuela is also being pursued by another fossil fuel giant whose board includes an oil magnate…
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by Derek Seidman | Jan 4, 2026 | AI, big tech, Chevron, Climate Crisis, data centers, electricity, Energy, Environmental Racism, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Halliburton, Liquified Natural Gas, LNG, Natural Gas, News, Renewable Energy, Trump Administration, utilities
“The demand for power and for AI is like nothing I’ve ever seen.” These words were uttered during an October earnings call, not by a wide-eyed tech executive, but by Jeff Miller, the CEO of Halliburton, one of the world’s biggest oilfield services corporations. Like droves of other companies tied to the fracked gas industry, Halliburton is pivoting toward servicing the data center boom…
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