A few oil stocks soared on Monday because of U.S.-initiated regime change in Venezuela. Companies like Chevron, SLB and Halliburton stand to make money by rebuilding Venezuela’s energy sector with the backing of the U.S. government. They were all up more than 5%.

Days after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that Washington should control the sale of oil from the country and the revenue from it.

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