Trump Revised Chevron’s Venezuela Deal. Maduro’s Oil Trader Profited. NYT | Top Stories By: Anatoly Kurmanaev and Tyler Pager 17 December 2025 at 19:55 A firm controlled by a businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for ties to President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has sold millions of barrels from a Chevron-operated oil field. © Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York TimesA statue outside Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA headquarters in Caracas.