Leaders from more than a dozen oil companies with major operations in Houston – including Exxon, Chevron, ConocoPhillips - gathered at the White House.

President Trump prodded American energy executives to quickly tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves on Friday, hours after the United States military intercepted another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil.

Since last Saturday, administration officials have repeatedly pointed out that the Maduro raid was conducted quickly, with no US casualties, and took place in this hemisphere, which Trump has vowed to...