Reuters quoted a US White House official on the 27th as reporting that the first batch of 1 million barrels of crude oil since the US and Venezuela reached an oil agreement in August was unloaded in Texas in the US on the same day. The official said that this batch of crude oil obtained “free of charge” by the US government will be sold to refineries operated by US company ExxonMobil and PetroVenezuela in the US subsidiary Cittigo Petroleum. Reuters said in a report that the arrival of this batch of crude oil provides an opportunity for US President Trump to promote the availability of cheaper crude oil before the midterm elections. On the same day, Trump canvassing for Republican lawmakers to participate in the midterm congressional elections in Texas. He called this crude oil “a gift” and “the first batch in the next few billion barrels of crude oil.”

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