President Donald Trump is meeting with oil executives at the White House on Friday in hopes of securing $100 billion in investments to revive Venezuela’s ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum — a plan that rides on their comfort in making commitments in a country plagued by instability,

Trump will be leading a meeting with oil executives at the White House to discuss their operations in Venezuela.

President Trump met with oil executives at the White House to discuss the future of the oil business in Venezuela and the next steps for their industry. NBC News' Brian Cheung and Monica Alba report on the economic impact the companies could have and the administration's future plans.

President Trump met with oil executives at the White House on Friday afternoon, hours after the administration announced it had seized a fifth oil tanker as part of a sanctioned oil blockade. “Today,

President Trump held a meeting with top oil and gas executives following the latest U.S. seizure of a Venezuela oil tanker.