(L/R) Venezuelan Vice President for Economy and Finance Calixto Ortega Sanchez, Venezuelan Hydrocarbons Minister Paula Henao, and Venezuelan Mining Minister Hector Silva applaud during the third day of the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Abundance in Houston, Texas on September 16, 2026. The discussions are slated to run through September 16 in Houston, in the oil-rich US state of Texas. The meetings gather delegations from the world's largest economies -- including China, India, Japan and Germany -- with major oil producers set to attend, such as Canada and Saudi Arabia. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)