INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

摘要

Power blackouts across Venezuela have practically paralyzed most of the country's oil wells and rigs. Oil output averaged less than 600,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) during the blackouts, which is what the country produced in the 1940s. The loss of production due to the blackouts deals another blow to Venezuela's already-crippled oil industry from years of mismanagement and recent U.S. sanctions.