Investors are carefully watching the situation in Venezuela,
with potential implications for the oil and other commodity markets on the top of investors' minds.
So, my guest today is Dan Struyven,
co-head of Global Commodities Research in Goldman Sachs Research.
He joins us by phone from Miami,
where the Goldman Sachs Energy Clean Tech and Utilities Conference is just getting underway.
Dan, thanks for making the time.
Thanks a lot for having me.
So, Dan, first just catch our listeners up on the recent developments in Venezuela.
What's happened?
And give us a sense of the importance of these developments for the oil market.
Venezuela's President Maduro was captured by the U.S.
over the weekend in Caracas on charges of drug trafficking, along with his wife.
And his VP, Delcey Rodriguez, is now the interim leader.
We have not seen any disruptions to oil production of Venezuela.
Venezuela is an important oil...
producer, I should say potential producer,
accounting for about 1% of global production, but 20% of global reserves.
But so far, no disruptions.
The big question are, on the political side, will we see elections?