Chevron's refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi is receiving Venezuelan heavy crude oil, marking the first such delivery in the U.S. in four years after the U.S. government issued a license for renewed trade. Other companies like Valero are also interested in resuming Venezuelan oil purchases, potentially sending crude to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast and in Louisiana. https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-oil-sector-maintains-stability-as-crude-returns-to-us-refineries/#:~:text=Instead%2C%20it%20is%20expected%20that,Ceja%20in%20Mexico%20City%2C%20Mexico.

Essequibo region of Guyana is having an oil boom. Venezuela claims that area as theirs because a dispute over border. Any action taken by U.S. would be to protect Guyana, thereby denying Venezuela from becoming a bigger player on global oil market.