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Chris Wright: “Venezuela produced, exported over 1.2 million barrels of oil…”

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 39:19

Chevron's been there for 100 years. 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. (39:19–39:27)

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Asserts Venezuela's oil export rate in April was over 1.2 million barrels per day.

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