Weekly Research Briefing: Welcome to the New Year
If you were hoping for a quieter news year for 2026, then you would already be wrong. Not even a flock of Venezuelan macaws could have drowned out the weekends' rapidly moving tape. President Nicolas Maduro might have been relieved of his Presidential duties, but too many questions remain. Without a sustainable government in place, few energy companies are going to invest in new production and transportation infrastructure with oil prices in the $50s.
