Global Markets/Supply Chain & Geopolitics
US-Venezuela Oil Deal: What It Means for South Korea's Refiners
The United States has secured development rights to roughly 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan crude — about 21% of the country's proven reserves — through a production-sharing structure that hands Washington equity, offtake rights, and control over export proceeds. For South Korea, a country that imports nearly all of its crude and spent two decades building refineries around one very specific gr..