Hector Valero stands atop a mound of crude oil residue that has surfaced at Cerro Miosa while collecting a sample in Mene Grande, Zulia State, Venezuela, on September 19, 2026. (Photo by Margioni BERMÚDEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Hector Valero collects a sample of crude oil residue that has surfaced at Cerro Miosa in Mene Grande, Zulia State, Venezuela, on September 19, 2026. (Photo by Margioni BERMÚDEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

An oil pump jack is pictured in El Progreso, Zulia State, Venezuela, on September 19, 2026. (Photo by Margioni BERMÚDEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Hector Valero stands atop a mound of crude oil residue that has surfaced at Cerro Miosa while collecting a sample in Mene Grande, Zulia State, Venezuela, on September 19, 2026. (Photo by Margioni BERMÚDEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Hector Valero collects a sample of crude oil residue that has surfaced at Cerro Miosa in Mene Grande, Zulia State, Venezuela, on September 19, 2026. (Photo by Margioni BERMÚDEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Eladio Ramon stands on a mound where crude oil residue has surfaced in El Milagro, Zulia State, Venezuela, on September 19, 2026. (Photo by Margioni BERMÚDEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

A puddle containing surfaced crude oil residue is pictured at Cerro Miosa in Mene Grande, Zulia State, Venezuela, on September 19, 2026. (Photo by Margioni BERMÚDEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

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