Venezuela's oil production reached 1.2 million bpd in August 2026, up 0.08% from July
Production grew 29.9% since January 2026 due to U.S. pressure after the capture of Nicolás Maduro
On August 28, 2026, Trump and Delcy Rodríguez announced a historic agreement for 20% of Venezuela's crude reserves through North American Blue Energy Partners (Nabep)
Workers in Venezuela still report severe salary crises with minimum wages equivalent to 15 cents per month
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The claims, made testable
- asserted — check unavailable Venezuela's oil production reached 1.2 million bpd in August 2026, up 0.08% from July (evidence: not measured)
- matches in our corpus (not independent) Production grew 29.9% since January 2026 due to U.S. pressure after the capture of Nicolás Maduro
- asserted — check unavailable On August 28, 2026, Trump and Delcy Rodríguez announced a historic agreement for 20% of Venezuela's crude reserves through North American Blue Energy Partners (Nabep) (evidence: not measured)
Pattern: 232 related Venezuela signals in the last 30 days on oil production, Venezuela economy, international relations, energy sector.
What would change the assessment
- Actual oil production data from Venezuelan government or independent monitoring agencies (within 7 days — Ministerio de Petroleo de Venezuela, OPEC production reports, or independent energy monitoring databases)
- Existence and details of the August 28, 2026 agreement between Trump and Rodríguez with North American Blue Energy Partners (within 14 days — Official announcements, congressional records, or reputable news coverage of the agreement)
- Leadership and activities of North American Blue Energy Partners and its leader Alejandro Betancourt (within 10 days — Company filings, business registries, or investigative reports on Betancourt)
Grounded analysis — deterministic intelligence + AI synthesis anchored to real signals (deterministic only (no LLM synthesis)). No fact is asserted that the sources do not support.
What the sources establish
- Production grew 29.9% since January 2026 due to U.S. pressure after the capture of Nicolás Maduro
Actors named in sources
OPEC · Donald Trump · Delcy Rodríguez · North American Blue Energy Partners (Nabep) · Alejandro Betancourt · EFE
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What's still unverified
- Everything above is one outlet's account; none of it has been independently corroborated yet.
This event in our corpus
40 pieces · 23 outlets · 11 independent voices (one root per outlet; an upper bound)
- Sep 08, 2026 Efecto Cocuyo · independent voice B — Rubio: Acuerdo petrolero generará regalías para los venezolanos mediante un gobierno elegido democráticamente
- Sep 08, 2026 Tal Cual · independent voice B — Marco Rubio defiende pacto petrolero: «generará ingresos para el pueblo venezolano»
- Sep 08, 2026 El Pitazo · independent voice B — La conexión rusa de Alejandro Betancourt: de Gazprombank al nuevo negocio petrolero con EE. UU.
- Sep 08, 2026 NRC · independent voice B — Donald Trump’s Venezuela deal is bold but dodgy
- Sep 08, 2026 El Pitazo · independent voice B — Qué han dicho dirigentes de la oposición venezolana sobre el acuerdo petrolero con Estados Unidos
- Sep 08, 2026 El País English · not profiled — Trump conditions cast a shadow over the US - Venezuela oil deal | International
- Sep 09, 2026 Correo del Caroní · independent voice B — Marco Rubio defiende pacto petrolero: “generará ingresos para el pueblo venezolano”
- Sep 09, 2026 El Tiempo Colombia · independent voice B — Exfuncionario de Trump cuestiona pacto petrolero con Venezuela y advierte que fortalecerá al chavismo: ‘El acuerdo fracasará si la democracia regresa’
- Sep 09, 2026 theamericanconservative.com · not profiled — Trump Venezuelan Oil Deal Is a Big Gamble - The American Conservative
- Sep 09, 2026 El Pitazo · independent voice B — Economista José Guerra: el acuerdo petrolero no favorece a Venezuela
- Sep 09, 2026 La Patilla · witness C — Eliott Abrams cuestionó el pacto petrolero de EEUU con Venezuela
- Sep 09, 2026 La Patilla · witness C — Elliott Abrams cuestionó el pacto petrolero de EEUU con Venezuela
- Sep 09, 2026 The Guardian Venezuela · independent voice A — The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s oil deal: Venezuela pays for his vanity | Editorial
- Sep 10, 2026 Tal Cual · independent voice B — Contradicciones y opacidad: las grietas del acuerdo petrolero entre EEUU y Venezuela
- Sep 10, 2026 AlbertoNews · witness C — Delsa Solórzano, opositora venezolana: “Quien tiene que informar sobre los acuerdos petroleros es Delcy Rodríguez, no Trump”
- Sep 10, 2026 Correo del Caroní · independent voice B — Trabajadores de Guayana refutan validez de acuerdo petrolero firmado por Delcy Rodríguez: “Es fraudulento”
- Sep 10, 2026 El Pitazo · independent voice B — Economista José Guerra informa que debe salir de Venezuela por motivos migratorios
- Sep 10, 2026 La Patilla · witness C — Petrolera de Alejandro Betancourt y respaldada por Donald Trump busca elevar su producción en Venezuela para 2028
- Sep 10, 2026 Tal Cual · independent voice B — Petrolera de Alejandro Betancourt planea aumentar 150% su producción de crudo para 2028
- Sep 10, 2026 La Patilla · witness C — El acuerdo secreto que EEUU habría ofrecido a Cuba para sacar a Díaz-Canel del poder
- Sep 10, 2026 Contrapunto · not profiled — OPEP: Producción petrolera de Venezuela se estancó en 1,2 millones de barriles diarios en agosto
- Sep 10, 2026 La Patilla · witness C — Producción petrolera venezolana se mantiene estable pese al nuevo escenario energético con EEUU
- Sep 10, 2026 Runrunes · independent voice B — La Conversa con la Luz | Monaldi: “Acuerdos no tienen impacto a corto plazo en precio del petróleo”
- Sep 11, 2026 AlbertoNews · witness C — Detrás de los Gilinski, los empresarios colombianos caminan con cautela antes de invertir en Venezuela
- Sep 11, 2026 globalsecurity.org · not profiled — Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to Press
- Sep 11, 2026 Monitoreamos · independent voice B — Producción petrolera de Venezuela se estanca en 1,2 millones de barriles diarios en agosto (this piece)
- Sep 11, 2026 Monitoreamos · independent voice B — EE.UU. ofreció petróleo a Cuba a cambio de la salida del dictador Díaz-Canel, según el Miami Herald
- Sep 11, 2026 Venezuelanalysis · state media D — Venezuela: Oil Output Plateaus, Zionist-linked Colombian Mogul Gets Prime Crude Concession
- Sep 11, 2026 Correo del Caroní · independent voice B — Producción petrolera venezolana se estanca en 1,2 millones de barriles diarios en agosto
- Sep 11, 2026 El Pitazo · independent voice B — Oposición venezolana perdería el control sobre Citgo, asegura Reuters
- Sep 11, 2026 ABC España · not profiled — La confianza en Trump se desploma en Venezuela mientras sube la de María Corina Machado
- Sep 12, 2026 eurasiareview.com · not profiled — Understanding The US - Venezuela Oil Deal - Analysis
- Sep 12, 2026 La Nación AR · not profiled — Venezuela : petróleo sí , democracia no
- Sep 12, 2026 La Patilla · witness C — La confianza en Donald Trump se desploma mientras sube la de María Corina Machado
- Sep 12, 2026 abc7.com · not profiled — US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela
- Sep 12, 2026 abc11.com · not profiled — US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela
- Sep 12, 2026 abc7ny.com · not profiled — US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela
- Sep 12, 2026 abc7news.com · not profiled — US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela
- Sep 13, 2026 Runrunes · independent voice B — La perla de Trump: los venezolanos tendrán elecciones «cuando estén listos»
- Sep 13, 2026 AlbertoNews · witness C — Lula promete defender las riquezas de Brasil: «¿Quieren un país en el cual el petróleo sea nuestro o un país en el que pase lo que pasó en Venezuela?»
Reported figures
| 29.9% | 1 | Monitoreamos |
| 20% | 1 | Monitoreamos |
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Membership by shared distinctive terms within ±3 days, ≥3 terms · sealed snapshot 8fcc695c860e
AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-09-11 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.
