It's a Saturday afternoon in January and I'm standing here at the corner of Myrtle and Classin Avenue in Brooklyn at a sicko gas station.
It's very cold outside about 23 degrees Fahrenheit.
There's a lot of snow piled up around and it's pretty busy now.
There's one two three four I think five cars getting gas.
Sicko is the brand that's known for the sign with the bright red triangle.
I'm looking at one right now.
Next to ads for the New York lottery and Nathan's famous hot dogs.
There's about 4,000 of these Sicko gas stations across the U.S.
While these stations are run by independent owners,
the brand is part of an even larger business that includes three major refineries in Louisiana,
Texas, and Illinois.
Now, the reason I'm here is because Citgo is in the middle of being taken over by a hedge fund.
The fund hopes this $8 billion deal will be a massive windfall.
But there's a big hitch.
Citgo's owner is Venezuela.
And if you've been following the news recently,
it means that things are likely to be very complicated.
I'm Mikayla Tenderra from The Financial Times.
Today on Behind the Money,
how Elliott Management's $8 billion oil bet became entangled in US-Venezuela geopolitics.