US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, chats with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the State Department in Washington yesterday. AP PHOTO

Three months after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar declared the Dragon gas deal “dead” — and five months after revoking two Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) licences to explore the Dragon and Cocuina-Manakin fields in Venezuelan waters—the United States government has reversed its decision.