Reuters CARACAS – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Saturday criticized a U.S. court ruling authorizing a sale of the shares in the parent company of U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum Corp, calling it the result of a “fraudulent judicial process.” Citgo is a unit of Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela. A federal court in Delaware this week approved
Reuters Pressured by strict U.S. sanctions, Venezuela’s oil exports plunged by 376,500 barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, according to Refinitiv Eikon data and internal documents from state-run PDVSA, financially squeezing socialist President Nicolas Maduro. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump also put curbs on PDVSA’s main trading partners, the owners of tankers still transporting Venezuelan oil and on
Reuters NEW YORK – In June, the United States imposed sanctions on half a dozen oil tankers managed by established shipping firms. It was a major escalation of American attempts to choke off Venezuela’s oil trade. Within weeks, a little-known company based in the United Arab Emirates took over management of several tankers that had been shipping Venezuelan oil. The
Reuters WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday issued a new license to Chevron Corp, the last major U.S. oil company still operating in Venezuela, giving it until June 3 to wind down its joint ventures in the OPEC member nation. The United States last year imposed sanctions barring imports of Venezuelan oil and transactions made in U.S. dollars
Reuters The second of a group of three Iranian tankers entered Venezuelan waters on Wednesday, carrying fuel for the gasoline-starved nation, which is struggling under a collapsing oil industry and U.S. sanctions that have crippled imports and exports. The Iran-flagged vessel Fortune reached Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone at 1:45 a.m. local time (0545 GMT), following the same route as the
Reuters The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing additional sanctions on Venezuela aimed at halting the remaining fuel transactions permitted with the Latin American country, Bloomberg reported late on Tuesday. The step could target crude swaps with companies in Europe and Asia, the report added, citing people familiar with the matter. The sanctions have not been finalized and
Reuters LONDON/MEXICO CITY – Tankers carrying Iranian fuel cargoes covered by a U.S. warrant for seizure are sailing to the United States after talks between U.S. authorities and ship owners, a U.S. government source and a shipping source said on Thursday. Iran had planned to transport the gasoline to Venezuela, a supply line that both Tehran and Caracas have flaunted
Reuters NEW YORK/SINGAPORE – A shipping joint venture between Venezuela and China has fallen apart in the wake of U.S. sanctions, resulting in the South American nation losing three supertankers at a time when foreign shippers are reluctant to carry its oil, court documents show. PetroChina Co Ltd, which had been state-run Petroleos de Venezuela’s partner in the Singapore-based joint
Reuters NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY – U.S. glass manufacturer O-I Glass Inc is seeking to seize an oil tanker owned by Venezuela to collect part of a $500 million arbitration award it won after the 2010 expropriation of two manufacturing plants, according to a summons filed with a Singapore court seen by Reuters. The attempt is a new threat against Venezuelan
Reuters Venezuela’s crude output fell in June to the lowest level in nearly eight decades, data the country provided to OPEC showed on Tuesday, as U.S. sanctions on state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela choke off exports. Venezuela’s production tmsnrt.rs/2SNPoam was 393,000 barrels per day (bpd) in June, down from 573,000 bpd in May and down 52% from an average
Reuters Two tankers that were sailing toward Venezuela to load crude have turned around since the weekend and three other vessels have left Venezuelan waters as the United States considers blacklisting dozens of ships for transporting the country’s oil, according to shipping data and industry sources. Washington is considering imposing sanctions on tankers involved in exporting Venezuela’s oil as the
Reuters MARACAY, Venezuela/DUBAI – Venezuela has begun preparations to distribute fuel imported from Iran among desperate citizens as the fourth cargo of a five-tanker flotilla was crossing the Caribbean on Wednesday, according to Refinitiv Eikon and a government official. Iran is providing the South American country with up to 1.53 million barrels of gasoline and components to help it ease
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