Over the last 48 hours, reports and official statements regarding the U.S. capture of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro have triggered extreme volatility across energy markets, with traders aggressively repositioning around Venezuela’s 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves — the largest in the world, even surpassing Saudi Arabia’s.
Whether this moment becomes a long-term reset or a short-term shock, one thing is already clear: Energy traders are treating this as a real-time discovery event.
