The leadership of Petróleos de Venezuela came forward with some figures. At a forum organized by the Venezuelan Association of Gas Processors, its president, Héctor Obregón, outlined a recovery curve that starts at 1,300,000 barrels per day by the end of this year, rises to 1,500,000 by the end of 2027, reaches 2,000,000 in five years, and aims for 3,000,000 in a decade.
For everyday users, and especially for those who trade P2P every day, those figures may seem a long way off. But they aren't: the hydrocarbon industry is the country's primary source of foreign currency, and the inflow of dollars has a significant effect on pressure on the exchange rate, the pace of digital banking, and the liquidity of the markets where USDT is bought and sold for bolivars.