U.S. oil companies with interests in Venezuela are poised to benefit from U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s plans to take control of Venezuelan oil sales, with the president meeting bosses on Friday to encourage investment in the run-down industry.

Trump told the New York Times on Thursday that the U.S. oversight of Venezuela and its oil could last for years.

He announced on Tuesday that Venezuela¡¯s interim leaders had agreed to U.S.-managed marketing of 30 to 50 million barrels of crude after leader Nicolas Maduro was ousted by a U.S. raid on Jan. 3.