New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- The Donald Trump administration has spoken to several oil companies to invest in Venezuela, according to a CNBC report quoting a White House official on Monday.

Following the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump on Saturday had said that oil companies will invest billions of dollars to rebuild the infrastructure in the South American country.

Taylor Rogers, the White House spokesperson quoted by CNBC, however did not specify which companies the administration had spoken to.

"All of our oil companies are ready and willing to make big investments in Venezuela that will rebuild their oil infrastructure, which was destroyed by the illegitimate Maduro regime," she was quoted as saying by the media...