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Will the United States materially ease oil sanctions on Venezuela this quarter?
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Judgment readOil27 Sept

Will the United States materially ease oil sanctions on Venezuela this quarter?

unlikelyno number: the engine is not validated on this questionlow confidence

Horizon — by end Q4 2026

Scored to 2026-12-26: the criterion says “within 90 days”, 5 days before the horizon above. The criterion is what the read is settled against.

Resolves

Resolves 'occurred' if the US issues a general or sector license that measurably raises Venezuelan crude exports within 90 days.

The full wording is at the foot of this page.

The band, and what any point on it would mean
The band, and what any point on it would mean20 to 45 per cent
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What this read rests on7 inputs · as fed 2026-09-27, not yet frozen
  1. 01ActorUnited States — political conditionality tied to Venezuelan governance, balanced against oil-market relief
  2. 02ActorVenezuela — revenue and legitimacy without meeting the political conditions
  3. 03ActorUS oil buyers — additional heavy crude supply if licensing widens
  4. 04Would change ita Venezuelan political concession that unlocks conditional relief
  5. 05Would change ita tightening of the global heavy-crude balance that raises the value of the barrels
  6. 06Would change ita US policy shift on the whole sanctions posture
  7. 07ReasoningEasing has been repeatedly conditioned on political steps that have not been met, so on the base rate a material loosening inside a quarter is unlikely.

Easing has been repeatedly conditioned on political steps that have not been met, so on the base rate a material loosening inside a quarter is unlikely.

Players and wants

United States — political conditionality tied to Venezuelan governance, balanced against oil-market relief

Venezuela — revenue and legitimacy without meeting the political conditions

US oil buyers — additional heavy crude supply if licensing widens

What would change this

a Venezuelan political concession that unlocks conditional relief

a tightening of the global heavy-crude balance that raises the value of the barrels

a US policy shift on the whole sanctions posture

Resolves

Resolves 'occurred' if the US issues a general or sector license that measurably raises Venezuelan crude exports within 90 days. Resolves 'did_not_occur' if sanctions stay in force or licensing stays narrow.

Source of record

OFAC actions and Venezuelan export data — named in the criterion

This is a structured-judgment read, not an engine forecast. It carries no probability number, only a plausibility read in words, and it is scored openly.