Halliburton takes step toward possible Venezuela return with job board posting

By Arathy Somasekhar

HOUSTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Halliburton is seeking resumes for a range of positions in Venezuela, including engineers and technicians, according to a job board posting from the oilfield service company dated January 16, signalling a potential move back to the South American country.

The posting comes just weeks after the U.S. government captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and U.S. President Donald Trump called on oil companies to invest $100 billion in Venezuela to vastly boost production.

Halliburton, which exited Venezuela in 2020 and eliminated all staff positions there following U.S. sanctions, is collecting candidate information from engineers, technicians and other skilled oil workers and recent graduates interested in joining the company's "talent network" in the country.

The job platform said that the submissions would allow recruiters to view candidates' profiles for potential future job opportunities, but these would not constitute a formal application.

Halliburton did not immediately reply to a request for comment seeking additional details.

The company's CEO, Jeff Miller, participated in a January 9 meeting at the White House with Trump, where he said the company first started operations in Venezuela in 1938.

Miller told Trump that he had lived in Venezuela for four years at one point and raised his children there. The company is "very interested" in returning, he added.