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Chris Wright: “It peaked around 3.7 million barrels a day. You know, it…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Goldman Sachs MD Neil Mehta speaks to Energy Sec. Chris Wright at energy conference — 1/7/2026

Published | Video Starts at 09:38

And last word on Venezuela, because there's so much we want to talk on, but any sense of how, how big the opportunity could be. And we're sitting here at 8 to 900,000 barrels a day right now in Venezuela. Well, It peaked around 3.7 million barrels a day. You know, it declined and it bounced back up again to almost 3 million barrels a day. And then when Chavez came in power, it has been a steady, massive decline. Think of how enormous the resources must be if it's still producing 8 or 900,000 barrels a day after that kind of mismanagement. (09:38–09:47)

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