Oil
U.S. Partner in Venezuela Oil Deal Looks to Hike Crude Production
CEII brief
OilPrice.com reported on 23 Oct 2026: U.S. Partner in Venezuela Oil Deal Looks to Hike Crude Production.
Read the full story on OilPrice.comThe privately held company that’s partnering with the U.S. Administration to boost oil production in Venezuela has raised output by about 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) since August and plans to soon add more rigs to further hike production.
Context from CEII
Crude benchmarks move budgets, currencies and inflation in producer and importer countries alike. For economies such as Nigeria, where fuels dominate exports, production and refining decisions move the whole economy.
97.7% of Venezuela’s merchandise exports were fuels in 2013Countries in this story
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