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Chris Wright: “That's the highest rate of oil exports since 2018, eight…”

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

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How America Can Unleash the Next Energy Revolution: A Fireside Chat with Secretary Chris Wright

Published | Video Starts at 39:27

There's Spanish companies, Shell Total have been there and they're investing more to grow their production. So here's the last data. Venezuela produced, exported over 1.2 million barrels of oil a day last month in April. That's the, That's the highest rate of oil exports since 2018, eight years ago, and roughly double the amount of oil they exported in December. So it is on a trajectory to get that energy production, which is business. That's not Enough to have a successful economy. But that's cash flow and that's a start. (39:27–39:37)

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Asserts that Venezuela's April oil export rate was the highest since 2018 and double that of December.

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