1916 ET - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says the South American country could produce more than 5 million barrels a day of oil, but would need investment of $150 billion over 10 years. The country currently produces about 1 million b/d. Her movement would offer investors the right institutional, fiscal and contractual conditions in a fully private oil and gas sector, offering "the most competitive government take in the Western Hemisphere," Machado says at the S&P Global CERAWeek conference. The state would have only a regulatory role, and state oil company PdVSA would be downsized and eventually privatized. Venezuela has yet to set elections following the January ouster of former president Nicolás Maduro, and the Trump administration is working closely with acting president Delcy Rodríguez, who was Maduro's vice president. (anthony.harrup@wsj.com)
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 24, 2026 19:16 ET (23:16 GMT)
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