## NABEP’s plan: more oil, more foreign currency?
The news has shaken the energy and financial landscape: the oil company NABEP, backed by the Trump administration, plans to move more than 50 drilling platforms to Venezuela over the coming years. According to internal documents, six rigs would arrive by the end of 2026, twelve more during the following year, and two additional ones per month starting in 2028, until reaching a total of 52. This initiative aims to boost Venezuela’s battered crude oil production, which today is around 1.2 million barrels per day—far from the 2.5 million extracted in 2014.