New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- US President Donald Trump said Saturday (January 3) that the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power will open the door to the country's vast oil reserves, a move that could significantly impact the global energy landscape.

"We're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country," Trump said during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago.

"They were pumping almost nothing by comparison to what they could have been."

According to the Energy Institute, Venezuela's oil reserves are likely the equivalent of about 300 billion barrels, surpassing even Saudi Ar...