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title: "Venezuela interim president signs oil deal with TotalEnergies"
description: "Most outlets led with the signing of the memorandum of understanding between Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, and French oil company TotalEnergies. The Business Recorder provided slightly more context, noting it was part of a “flurry of” recent agreements, while Minute Mirror focused narrowly on the deal itself. Both used nearly identical phrasing to describe the event."
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# Venezuela interim president signs oil deal with TotalEnergies

business · updated 20 Sep 2026, 11:20 AM PKT · 20 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the signing of the memorandum of understanding between Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, and French oil company TotalEnergies. The Business Recorder provided slightly more context, noting it was part of a “flurry of” recent agreements, while Minute Mirror focused narrowly on the deal itself. Both used nearly identical phrasing to describe the event.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Business Recorder** — [Venezuela leader Rodriguez signs agreement with French Oil Company Total Energies](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440358/venezuela-leader-rodriguez-signs-agreement-with-french-oil-company-total-energies) · 20 Sep 2026, 11:20 AM PKT
  > CARACAS: Venezuela Interim President Delcy ​Rodriguez on Saturday ‌signed a memorandum of understanding ​with French oil ​and gas company ⁠Total Energies, according ​to local media. It ​was the latest of a flurry of ​oil deals ​signed between multinational oil companies ‌and ⁠Venezuela’s new government, following the US’s toppling of ​former ​president ⁠Nicolas Maduro in January. Venezuela near...
- **Minute Mirror** — [Venezuela signs oil cooperation deal with TotalEnergies](https://minutemirror.com.pk/venezuela-signs-oil-cooperation-deal-with-totalenergies-632649/) · 20 Sep 2026, 9:41 AM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez has signed a memorandum of understanding with French energy

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