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On 15 April 1914, upon the completion of the Zumaque-I (now called MG-I) oil well, the first Venezuelan oilfield of importance, Mene Grande, was discovered by Caribbean Petroleum in the Maracaibo Basin. [6] This major discovery encouraged a massive wave of foreign oil companies to Venezuela in an attempt to gain a foothold in the burgeoning market.
Shortly after this, the oil boom of the 1920s meant Venezuela became the wealthiest state in Latin America. [1] Investment and oil exports increased tremendously during the period from 1920 to 1935. The share of oil exports on total exports in Venezuela increased from 1.9% to 91.2% this period due to the commercialisation of Venezuelan oil. [7]
Venezuela has been producing oil for nearly a century and was an OPEC founder-member. In 2005, Venezuela produced 162 million tons of oil, which is 4.1% of world's total production. By the oil production Venezuela ranks seventh in the world. [4] Venezuela is the world's eight oil exporter and fifth largest net exporter. [4]
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In 2006, the United States remained Venezuela's most important trading partner for both oil exports and general imports – bilateral trade expanded 36% during that year [33] As of 2007, the U.S. imported more than $40 billion in oil from Venezuela and the trade between the countries topped $50 billion despite the tumultuous relationship ...
A map of world oil reserves according to OPEC, 2013 Oil production in Venezuela (red) fell markedly between 2015 and 2020. Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves, totaling 302.81 billion barrels at the end of 2017. [151] The country is a major producer of petroleum products, which remain the keystone of the Venezuelan economy.
In 2015 the Venezuelan economy contracted 5.7% and in 2016 it contracted 18.6% according to the Venezuelan central bank. [57] Oil generates about 96% of Venezuela's export revenues; oil prices have fallen when the country faces runaway inflation and a severe scarcity of basic products.