Starved of cash, PDVSA was forced to cut back on maintenance and expansion, which increased the number of accidents and limited production. Thanks partly to Chávez’s policies, Venezuela is still a small player in the global oil market, with less than a 3% share of world production.
由于缺乏现金，PDVSA被迫缩减维持和扩张支出，这增加了事故数量，限制了产量。部分由于查韦斯的政策，委内瑞拉仍然只是全球石油市场上的小角色，只占全世界产量的不到3%。因此，委内瑞拉极易受价格波动影响，只能跟在沙特和其他欧佩克产出大国后面亦步亦趋。