Maduro Capture Puts Spotlight on Maha’s Venezuela Oil Project
Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, at the Wall Street Helipad ahead of a court appearance in New York on Jan. 5.
Photographer: XNY/Star Max/GC Images/Getty ImagesMaha Capital, a Swedish energy company with rights to a languishing oil project in Venezuela, is considering partnerships after Nicolas Maduro’s capture could open the industry to foreign investment.
Interest from potential investors and oil buyers picked up over the past month as the Trump administration increased pressure for Maduro to leave, Chairman Paulo Mendonça said in an interview Monday. One oil trading company even contacted Maha over the weekend about buying oil from the project, he said.