Venezuela’s oil output rose to 1.13 million barrels per day (bbp) in September from about 1.06 million bpd at the beginning of the year, according to official data shown by the country’s oil minister, Delcy Rodriguez, at a conference in Caracas.
Venezuela’s output of gasoline and diesel averaged 177,500 bpd in August, an increase from the 146,200 bpd produced last year, according to the data.
(Reporting by Deisy Buitrago and Vivian Sequera, writing by Marianna Parraga)