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Oil production, exports, OPEC signals, and energy-linked credit — weekly, with extra editions when news volume warrants.
Oil Exports (volume)
855 kbd
Brent Crude Price
90.9 USD/barrel
Corporación Industrial de Energía — Close (CIE)
0.1 VES
Active Oil Rigs
2 rigs
WTI Crude Price
82.7 USD/barrel
Venezuelan Crude Discount
20.7 %
OPEC Reference Basket
89.8 USD/barrel
Venezuelan Merey Crude Price
71.1 USD/barrel
Oil’s price tailwind is stronger than Venezuela’s operating signal
PDVSA’s $17.2 billion export billing leads — but it is not yet proof of recovery
Ayacucho 2 talks advance — but operating proof is still missing
Washington cracks the door open; Venezuela’s oil comeback still faces an execution test
Venezuela’s oil comeback has a capital headline — but not yet an operating breakthrough
PDVSA pitches a 25-year U.S. oil opening—without the fine print
Venezuela’s U.S. oil opening gains political backing — and faces a legitimacy test
U.S. oil opening expands — now comes the execution test