Drilling Into The Details Of Venezuela’s Oil

Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Jennifer Miskimins is featured on this podcast discussing President Trump’s moves to take control of Venezuela’s oil production—including the seizure of incoming and outgoing oil tankers—there’s been a lot of talk about the country’s deep reserves of crude. But not all oil is the same, and getting the Venezuelan reserves out of the ground might be neither cheap nor simple.  January 12, 2026.