For those interested in the fascinating and politically charged dispute over the level of Venezuelan oil production. Interesting history of PDVSA's relationship to OPEC, "secondary sources" of information about oil production levels, and the Venezuelan state. The author concludes that Venezuela is telling the truth about its oil exports, and the International Energy Agency is lying. A Dow Jones reporter once told me pretty much the same thing, but expressed puzzlement as to why this was the case. This article explains it.
Middle East Economic Survey How Much Oil Has Venezuela Really Been Producing? Juan Carlos Boué http://www.mees.com/postedarticles/oped/v52n18-5OD01.htm -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
