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Chris Wright: “Venezuelan production has grown by 25% and Venezuelan oil…”

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 23:16

First question. Yeah, sure. To Ikea, I would say the progress in Venezuela so far has been ahead of schedule. In just the eight months that we've been in close partnership, Venezuelan production has grown by 25% and Venezuelan oil exports have grown by 50%. And of course, the amount of oil imported to the United States has grown massively more than that from Venezuela. So we're already starting to see some benefits from that. (23:16–23:23)

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Asserts that Venezuelan oil production and exports have significantly increased.

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