Westlaw Today Publishes Javier Gonzalez's Analysis of the "Known Unknowns" Facing ExxonMobil in Venezuela

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Counsel Javier Gonzalez authors an analysis in Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today examining what actually stands between ExxonMobil and Venezuela's oil fields — and why "uninvestable" was never the final word.

Javier maps the known unknowns facing any company considering a return to Venezuela: unverified production figures, opaque control of fields and tankers, foreign entanglements that don't show up in data, and the recent variable of the June earthquakes, exposing the fragility of the infrastructure any future investment depends on. His conclusion is that the companies that succeed won't be the ones waiting for transparency — they'll be the ones that map the risks and structure deals appropriately.

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