VOL. XLV

No 10

11-March-2002

VENEZUELA

Venezuela:Politics and Oil

By Antonio Szabo

Thefollowing article by Antonio Szabo President, StoneBond Corporation, Houston, Texas, was written for MEES.

Introduction

It is no secret in oil circles that the top political issueslikely to impact OPEC in the near future are: US/Saudi relations; a possibleUS/Iraq confrontation; relations with non-OPEC states, notably Russia; and the volatile politicalsituation in Venezuela.

In MEES of 20 July 1998, I co-authored ...