Al Jazeera reports that Venezuela’s interim president granted 100-year rights to more than 17 oil fields to a new US company in a deal with the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital. The arrangement creates a joint venture with NABEP, owned by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, which includes a $100 billion investment pledge and guarantees the US rights to purchase 20 percent of output at cost. The reports cite details released late on Monday but provide no independent verification of operational control or legal enforceability.