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Chris Wright: “It's a little less than a million barrels a day today. I…”

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

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🇺🇸 Conference with Chris Wright, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

Published | Video Starts at 45:37

The optimism of people's faces on the streets when I was in Venezuela was tremendous. So back to oil production. It's a little less than a million barrels a day today. I think you'll see several hundred thousand barrels a day of additional production by the end of this year. World oil demand grows by about a million barrels a day per year. So 30 could be 30 or 40% of incremental oil demand this year will come from one country, from Venezuela, a little bit of downward pressure on oil prices there. (45:37–45:47)

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Asserts that Venezuela's oil production is currently less than a million barrels a day, with expected increases.

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