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Collin Eaton

ARTICLES BY COLLIN EATON

Trump believes if he can get oil prices down, he can lower Americans’ cost of living ahead of the midterms, a senior administration official said. (AFP)

Trump’s risky fixation with other countries’ oil

10 min read . 09 Jan 2026

A man wears a mask depicting U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest against U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the capture of President Maduro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, (REUTERS)

Trump’s hint to oil executives weeks before Maduro ouster: ‘Get Ready’

5 min read . 06 Jan 2026

Chevron’s history in Venezuela can be traced through Gulf Oil, which opened its first offices there in 1923 and was acquired by Chevron in 1984. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

How Chevron secured its place as Venezuela’s largest foreign investor

5 min read . 20 Dec 2025

President Trump on Tuesday ordered a complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela. (REUTERS)

US tanker seizure has paralyzed Venezuela’s oil business—except Chevron’s

4 min read . 17 Dec 2025

An oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last month. Isaac Urrutia/Reuters

How Chevron got caught in the clash between the US and Venezuela

5 min read . 31 Oct 2025

number of U.S. workers in oil-and-gas extraction has dropped by nearly 80,000 since 2015, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Getty Images via AFP)

Big oil is getting leaner and leaner

4 min read . 01 Oct 2025

(Illustration: Lars Leetaru)

The leaner, meaner Chevron is ready to fight

9 min read . 03 Aug 2025

In an aerial view, the sun sets over the Guadalupe River on July 06, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas, leaving more than 80 people reported dead. (Photo: Getty Images via AFP)

Texas braces for more flash floods as rescuers search for survivors

4 min read . 07 Jul 2025

A Texas refinery of Exxon Mobil, which has cut investments in Europe by some 70% in recent years. Photo: BING GUAN/REUTERS

Trump goes to bat for big oil on climate rules in EU trade talks

4 min read . 26 Jun 2025

Trump administration intervenes in a $130B dispute between oil companies and Central African nations over environmental funds. (Image: AFP)

Why big oil turned to Trump for help in Africa

4 min read . 29 May 2025

Chevron has said it is changing where and how work is performed. (REUTERS)

Big Oil is offshoring its prized engineering jobs to India

4 min read . 22 Apr 2025

Trump’s tariffs threaten U.S. oil growth, LNG exports, and global energy dominance despite a 90-day pause.

Trump’s tariffs threaten America’s status as energy superpower

5 min read . 11 Apr 2025

The industry thinks the Justice Department might have grounds to sue states it sees as encroaching on federal policy territory. Photo: Justin Hamel/Bloomberg News

Oil companies seek Trump’s help to thwart climate lawsuits, superfund laws

4 min read . 22 Mar 2025

A Chevron oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News

For oil companies, ‘Gulf of Mexico’ is out, ‘Gulf of America’ is in

5 min read . 15 Feb 2025

A well site in Pennsylvania. The energy industry is confronting the early stages of a long-term shift away from fossil fuels. (WSJ)

Trump’s oil and gas donors don’t really want to ‘drill, baby, drill’

5 min read . 22 Nov 2024

A miniature of Exxon Mobil’s Liza Unity oil platform on display during an energy conference in Georgetown, Guyana, earlier this year. Photo: Sabrina Valle/Reuters

As Exxon pumps Guyana’s Oil, China is winning battle for influence

5 min read . 26 Sept 2024

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech during a rally to celebrate the results of last month's presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela. (File Photo: Reuters)

As crackdown deepens in Venezuela, Chevron says keep the oil flowing

5 min read . 05 Sept 2024

From left, Darren Woods, John Hess and Mike Wirth. ILLUSTRATION: CAM POLLACK/WSJ

An oil-patch brawl over a $53 bn megadeal entwines the legacies of three CEOs

10 min read . 27 May 2024

President Biden has presided over record U.S. energy production and exports.

Big oil companies warm to Biden after years of bad blood

6 min read . 15 Apr 2024

Brooke Rollins, a former Trump domestic policy adviser, pitched Dunn in 2021 on a new think tank, America First Policy Institute, with a mission to perpetuate Trump-era policies for generations to come.

A Christian Oil Billionaire Upended Texas Politics—and Is Coming for Washington Next

8 min read . 23 Feb 2024