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Chris Wright: “Venezuela was the largest exporter of oil in the world…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 37:23

And also which are the biggest hurdles that you can see for long term investment plans in Venezuela in the energy sector. Yeah, fantastic. So look, when, when I was born, Venezuela was the largest exporter of oil in the world, third largest producer. We were first, Soviet Union was second, Venezuela was third. But they were the biggest exporter, which is why American refineries are built tuned to this Murray heavy crude that we want to get back into our refineries. (37:23–37:30)

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Asserts Venezuela's historical status as the largest oil exporter and third largest producer.

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