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A Financial Times estimate, cited by El Nacional, says more than $13 billion has been generated from sales of Venezuelan crude handled by the United States since January. The report used Kpler shipment data and Argus Media pricing. Economists cited in the piece see limited signs of economic improvement, raising questions about whether the full proceeds from those oil sales have actually reached Caracas.
For investors, the issue is not just oil export volume but who controls the cash and how transparently it is transferred. If large petroleum proceeds are being captured or delayed outside Caracas, headline export recovery may overstate the government's real fiscal capacity and weaken the link between oil sales and domestic stabilization.
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Oil And Gas · El Nacional - Economía
Jul 22, 2026
Watch for any official accounting, transfer disclosure, or corroborated reconciliation between estimated oil-sale proceeds and funds received by Caracas. Evidence that the money reached state accounts would confirm fiscal impact; continued opacity would reinforce cash-flow and governance risk.