Venezuela's oil industry is in ruins. Reviving it won't be easy

The pumps that brought prosperity from deep in the Earth's crust are now mostly rusted relics of a storied past.

The buildings that housed a prideful labor force are vandalized, colonized by squatters or boarded up.

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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visited Venezuela last week, met with the country's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, and even toured some oil fields. He boasted of "enormous progress" in reviving a business that is now effectively under U.S. management.

Dimming the upbeat declarations is a harsh reality: It will likely take at least a decade — and perhaps $200 billion or more — to restore the country's decrepit hydrocarbon infrastructure, experts say.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/venezuelas-oil-industry-ruins-reviving-110000425.html

Hope Donny Shit-for-brains and Congress don't give them money like they did Argentina.