General Discussion

Venezuela has a very large oil reserve, but it's high-sulfur and poor quality crude; Koch could refine it, but with oil prices where they are right now, it's likely taking on a huge investment for comparatively little return. Venezuela's state-owned infrastructure would have to be rebuilt from scratch. What's more, one of the biggest customers for Venezuela is China, which already has contracts in place; I'd not be at all surprised to see the (new) Chinese navy start deploying battleships armed with both heavy guns and drones to "protect" Venezuela and other Chinese oil providers. The Chinese naval commanders are probably chomping at the bit to prove themselves against the Americans. (Oh, and the Chinese have also been building bootleg F-35 fighters that they'd really like to test out.)