In the latter scenario, the state ends up getting more revenue for itself and the producer ends up making less money overall since it can only make profits from remuneration fees the amount per barrel that the government is willing to pay companies for producing its oil.

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The strike at the state oil producer, PDVSA, means the government has insufficient revenue to service its debts, reckons J.

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