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Chris Wright: “Darren and Exxon are invest[ing]. They're in engagement…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Full Interview: Energy Sec. Wright says cooperation with Venezuela 'off to a tremendous start'

Published | Video Starts at 18:38

Would you have dove into Venezuela on January 20th or whatever that day was? Of course not. Darren's comment was technically true. I will tell you, Darren and Exxon are invest[ing]. They're in engagement, they're in discussions with the Venezuelan government. They are Gathering data. They are looking at things. They're a big company so they're going to move slowly and carefully. But it was on investable, but it's on the road to becoming investable. (18:38–18:44)

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Asserts that Exxon is in discussions with the Venezuelan government about investments.

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