Venezuela's Oil Exports Stable as Buyers in China Receive More
Venezuela's oil exports remained almost unchanged last month as increased shipments to customers in China offset a decline in U.S.-authorized sales, according to vessel-tracking data and internal documents from state company PDVSA.
The U.S. Treasury and State departments in March revoked the authorizations they had granted in recent years for PDVSA's customers and partners to export oil from sanctioned Venezuela. They gave the firms until May 27 to wind down transactions...
The license expirations and PDVSA cancelling some cargoes to one of its main partners, Chevron, due to payment uncertainties, reduced deliveries to the state company's traditional customers in the U.S. and Europe. However, intermediaries received more cargoes bound for China...
To Read Full Story Login Below.
Submit comment or question
Note: All comments are displayed with user's screen name. If screen name is not present, user's full name will be used. Please go to My Account to update your screen name.
Comment Policy: Urner Barry has made the comment feature available to encourage further discussion of our news stories. Defamatory or offensive comments, or comments deemed not relevant to the story will be removed, and if necessary, Urner Barry may restrict the right of individual subscribers to offer comments. In all cases, comments represent opinions of the poster only, and do not represent fact, news, opinions or estimates put forward by Urner Barry.
Email Address is required. Password is required.