# US refineries taking in half of Venezuela’s oil output, official says

https://mins.news/en/item/25651

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-19 02:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/venezuela-oil-exports-surge-with-us-refineries-taking-in-half-of-output?traffic_source=rss

> More than 500,000 barrels of Venezuela’s roughly 1.25 million barrels-per-day output are now being sent to US Gulf Coast refineries, a senior US official says. Venezuelan officials report rising production, while a think tank raises concerns about Washington’s control and undisclosed use of oil revenues.

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