#shorts Biden Spox John Kirby Defends Easing Oil Sanctions On Venezuela Even As Biden Limits American Energy. On 11/28/2022, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked John Kirby, “Okay. And on the sanctions relief for Venezuela —”
MR. KIRBY: Yeah.

Doocy: — why is it that President Biden would rather let U.S. companies drill for oil in Venezuela than here in the U.S.?

MR. KIRBY: That’s not an accurate take on the President’s view.

Doocy: Earlier this month, he said, “No more drilling. There is no more drilling.”

MR. KIRBY: The President has issued 9,000 permits for drilling on U.S. federal lands, Peter; 9,000 of them are being unused. There are plenty of opportunities for oil and gas companies to drill here in the United States.

Now, I’ll let Chevron speak for this particular issue of sanctions relief, but our expectation is it won’t be a lot of oil coming out of there. It will have to be shipped to the United States.

Doocy: Does the President think there’s some benefit to the climate to drill oil in Venezuela and not here?

MR. KIRBY: No, it has nothing to do with a benefit to the climate, Peter. Again, there are 9,000 unused permits here in the United States on federal land that oil and gas companies can and should take advantage of. Nine thousand. And we’re talking about one there in Venezuela.

Now, look, it remains to be seen how much will get drilled down there. It’ll be up to Chevron to decide that, Peter. But — but as a function of the sanction itself, that oil, whatever product is drilled, has to come to the United States.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/qTOhQVuhMho
This month Biden said No more drilling; Spox Kirby Defends Easing Oil Sanctions On Venezuela