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Chris Wright: “The second largest producer in Venezuela today, private…”

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

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BREAKING: Reporters Grill Chris Wright, Venezuelan President Rodríguez On U.S.-Venezuela Oil Deal

Published | Video Starts at 14:24

Okay, can we take the second question? The second question? Yes. And the same question to President Delsy. Thank you. Yeah. Why did you choose Alejandro Petecourt as a local partner? The second largest producer in Venezuela today, private producer, is Chevron and the bet, Alejandro Betancourtz company. So it is a company with scale, technology and a proven track record. And it's Venezuelan. We want to partner with private industry in Venezuela to grow production, homegrown production, and draw capital from abroad. (14:24–14:32)

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Asserts that Chevron and Alejandro Betancourtz's company are the second largest private producers in Venezuela.

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