Vitol’s Venezuela Oil Windfall Traced to Trader’s Ties to JD Vance
The Quick Take
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright called Vitol gasoline trader John Addison, an early financial backer of Vice President JD Vance, on January 5, two days after the U.S. operation that removed Nicolás Maduro, and asked whether Vitol wanted to sell Venezuela’s crude, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Within days, Vitol and Trafigura received special licenses to market Venezuelan oil. The administratio
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