India Will Be New Buyer of Venezuelan Oil, Wright Says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says India will be a new buyer of Venezuelan oil, during remarks to reporters in Texas.

• “Most of that oil will go here to the US Gulf Coast, but it’ll go to India, it’ll go to Asia, it’s going to Europe,” Wright says
• Wright says yes when asked if Venezuelan oil exports or sales would increase

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