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Category: Venezuela

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  • Venezuela

Blackout Halts 955,000 Bpd Refining Complex In Venezuela

Venezuela’s largest refinery center stopped all operations on Tuesday following a fire and a blackout at the site. A small fire erupted at a vacuum tower at the Amuay oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Chevron’s Venezuela Operations Hinge On Unlikely Election Talks

Chevron’s hope for expanding its operations in Venezuela hinge on election talks taking place between disputed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his opposition, Juan Guaido, according to anonymous Reuters sources Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Venezuela

Iran Is Sending Crude Oil To Venezuela For Refining

Iran has started refining its crude oil in Venezuela, Iranian media have reported , citing oil minister Javad Owji. Iranian crude is being processed at a rate of 100,000 bpd Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

U.S. Looks to Ease Venezuela Sanctions, Enabling Chevron to Pump Oil

The Biden administration is preparing to scale down sanctions on Venezuela’s authoritarian regime to allow Chevron Corp. CVX 0.57%▲ to resume pumping oil there , paving the way for a Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela Releases Jailed U.S. Citizens in Prisoner Swap

 Venezuela on Saturday released six U.S. citizens and one U.S. legal resident, who Washington said had been wrongfully detained in the South American country, as part of a major prisoner Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Maduro: Venezuela Is Ready To Send Its Oil To The World

Felicity Bradstock is a freelance writer specialising in Energy and Finance. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Birmingham, UK. Venezuela is ready to ramp up Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela’s Refinery Crisis Is Far From Over

Decades of corruption, mismanagement, and poor maintenance have led to a huge drop in Venezuela’s refining capacity. Iran has helped Venezuela to ease its still ongoing fuel crisis. Venezuela needs Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Chevron applies for Venezuela license renewal, proposes wider business

Chevron Corp has asked the U.S. government to expand its license to operate in Venezuela after the oil major agreed with state-run PDVSA to revamp joint ventures in the sanctioned Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuelan Bolivar’s Crash Breaks Rare Stretch of Stability

The bolivar is plummeting, breaking a rare stretch of stability for Venezuela’s battered currency. It has lost a third of its value so far this month, hitting 9.33 bolivars per Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Aug 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela Halts Oil Shipments To Europe, Demands New Concessions

Europe is quickly running out of Russian energy alternatives. Venezuela has just halted oil shipments to Europe, saying it is done with oil-for-debt deals. Venezuela is now looking for refined Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Aug 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

PDVSA pauses oil-for-debt shipments to Europe, wants product swaps

Venezuela has suspended new crude shipments to Europe under an oil-for-debt deal and has asked Italy’s Eni and Spain’s Repsol to provide it with fuel in exchange for future cargoes, Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Aug 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Cuba
  • Venezuela

Venezuela diverts oil cargoes to small Cuban ports as terminal fire continues

Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA diverted two crude cargoes set to discharge at Cuba’s Matanzas terminal, Refinitiv Eikon data and company documents showed on Tuesday, as a fire that devastated Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Aug 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Power, gas supply disruptions slam Venezuela’s oil exports in July

Outages disrupting Venezuela’s power and gas supplies to state-run energy firm PDVSA hit July oil exports, contributing to a 27% fall from the previous month, according to Refinitiv Eikon vessel Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Aug 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela’s Oil Exports Drop By More than A Third In July

Venezuela’s crude oil exports fell in July, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Tuesday, as oil markets are on the prowl for additional oil supplies to ease the tight market. Venezuela’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Aug 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Iran boosts crude supply to Venezuela for refining, freeing up exportable oil

 Iran is increasing supplies of a key crude grade that Venezuela is using to boost its aging refineries’ productivity and free domestic oil for exports, documents seen by Reuters on Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Is Biden Ready To Ease Sanctions Against Venezuela?

In the first diplomatic contact between the U.S. and Venezuela since Trump, Biden dispatched a diplomatic mission to meet with President Maduro in early March 2022. The mission was among Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela’s refining arm Citgo on the verge of yet another power shake-up

 A new battle for control of Citgo Petroleum, the eighth largest U.S. oil refiner and Venezuela’s foreign crown jewel, could soon be unleashed under a proposed management shake-up by the Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Venezuela

Citgo ready to resume oil imports from Venezuela if U.S. authorizes

U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum is willing to resume imports of Venezuelan crude, suspended since 2019 by Washington’s sanctions on its parent company PDVSA, if the U.S. government authorizes the flow, Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Resumption of deliveries to Europe boosts Venezuela oil exports -data

The first Venezuelan crude cargoes sent to Europe in two years helped lift the OPEC nation’s oil exports by 61% last month after a series of setbacks earlier in the Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Production at Venezuela’s largest refinery hit by blackout

Production at Venezuela’s largest refinery, which can process about 645,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), was halted late on Saturday by an electrical fault that caused a blackout, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela’s Economy Seen Growing Most in 15 Years as Oil Flows

Venezuela’s economy is forecast to expand at its fastest pace in 15 years, marking a rebound for a country that recently emerged from the deepest recession in Latin America. Gross Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuelan oil exports to Europe set to resume after two years

A 650,000-barrel-cargo of Venezuela’s oil chartered by Italy’s Eni (ENI.MI) is about to set sail carrying the first export of crude from the U.S.-sanctioned country to Europe in two years, Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Venezuela

Iran and Venezuela sign 20-year cooperation plan -state TV

June 11 (Reuters) – Iran and Venezuela on Saturday signed a 20-year cooperation plan, according to live coverage on Iranian state TV. The plan includes cooperation in the fields of Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Crude Exports Disrupted As Venezuela Begins Asking For Advance Payments

Venezuela’s PDVSA has started asking spot market buyers of its crude oil to pay in advance for the shipments after several recent payment defaults, Reuters has reported , citing several Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

U.S. to let Eni, Repsol ship Venezuela oil to Europe for debt

 Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, five people familiar Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

U.S. renews Chevron’s Venezuela license through November under same restrictions

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday renewed a license to oil producer Chevron Corp (CVX.N) to operate in U.S.-sanctioned Venezuela through the end of November under the same restricted terms Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Geopolitics Takes A Back Seat As Biden Drops Sanctions On Venezuela

Rumors that the U.S. would lift sanctions against Venezuela in order to halt the oil price rally have been circulating since Biden sent a delegation to Caracas in March. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Biden administration mum on plans to ease Venezuelan oil restrictions; lawmakers speak out

Highlights US allows Chevron to renegotiate license with PDVSA Lawmakers blast change in policy toward Venezuela Calls continue for action to aid domestic oil output Details remained scant May 18 Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Venezuela

U.S. Allows Chevron to Maintain Venezuela Operations but Won’t Permit Drilling

Chevron has a joint venture with state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela. The U.S. extended a limited license held by Chevron Corp. on Tuesday that allows the oil company to Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Venezuela

Oil Falls as US to Allow Talks With Venezuela’s State Producer

Crude fell after the US government announced it plans to allow Chevron Corp. to negotiate its oil license with Venezuela’s national producer. West Texas Intermediate settled below $113 on Tuesday. Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Venezuela

Biden administration begins easing Venezuelan oil restrictions with Chevron

 Chevron waiver was due to expire June 1 Opposition leader Guaido denies involvement Republican lawmakers May 17 were quick to condemn steps the Biden administration reportedly took to ease oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Venezuela

From the Maldives to Venezuela: how Iran gets oil to an ally

A Venezuela-owned tanker in March sailed to a remote spot in the Indian Ocean and met an Iran-flagged vessel, took on a cargo of Iranian condensate and sailed home, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • Venezuela

Venezuela begins imports of Iranian heavy oil for refining -PDVSA documents

 Venezuela has begun importing Iranian heavy crude to feed its domestic refineries, documents from the state-run oil company PDVSA showed, a deal that widens a swap agreement signed last year Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela’s oil exports fall 8% in April amid quality-linked delays -data

Venezuela’s oil exports fell 8% in April from the previous month amid continued delays linked to poor-quality crude grades and insufficient oil upgrading capacity available, according to documents and vessel Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Can Maduro Meet His Wildly Ambitious Crude Oil Production Targets?

Venezuela is scrambling to ramp up its oil production to help tackle global supply constraints. There is a growing concern that state-owned PDVSA is reaching its production capacity. Some analysts Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Cuba
  • Venezuela

Cuba struggles to buy fuel as imports from Venezuela dwindle -data

Cuba is struggling to cover a fuel deficit as imports from Venezuela and other countries remain below historical levels and global prices boosted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine make purchases Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela’s March oil exports slip amid struggles with returned cargoes

 Petroleum exports from Venezuela declined about 4% in March from the previous month as its state-run oil company dealt with crude cargoes returned by customers over poor oil quality, documents Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela’s PDVSA seeks oil tankers in anticipation of U.S. sanctions easing

Venezuela’s state-run energy firm PDVSA is in talks to buy and lease several oil tankers amid a possible expansion in exports, according to three sources and a document seen by Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Russian oil firm shuffles Venezuela assets as sanctions bite

A Russian oil company used to provide a workaround to U.S. oil trading sanctions on Venezuela is scrambling to avoid another set of sanctions, documents show, this time from Europe Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

How Easing Sanctions On Venezuela Could Backfire

 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked concern of a global supply shortage, forcing the U.S. to rethink its relationship with Venezuela. The burden created by strict U.S. sanctions against Venezuela Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Chevron, Waiting It Out in Venezuela, Tells U.S. Now Is the Time to Pump Oil

—For months, Biden administration officials snubbed top executives and lobbyists for Chevron Corp. who had pressed officials in Washington to ease sanctions so the company could boost production in Venezuela, Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Is Venezuelan Oil Really Worth Rolling Back Sanctions For?

The war in Ukraine has created an especially volatile oil market, and the Biden administration is racing to counter rising prices. The United States needs to replace as much as Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Chevron set to trade Venezuelan oil if U.S. relaxes sanctions -sources

Chevron Corp. is preparing to take operating control of its joint ventures in Venezuela if Washington relaxes sanctions on Caracas to boost crude supplies after banning Russia’s oil imports, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela could add 400,000 bpd to oil output if U.S. approves licenses -petroleum chamber

Venezuela’s oil output could rise by at least 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) if the United States authorizes requests by state-run PDVSA’s partners to trade Venezuelan crude, the country’s petroleum Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Venezuela

Pressure builds on Biden to repay Venezuela’s goodwill moves

Pressure is building on the Biden administration to begin unwinding sanctions on Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro freed two American prisoners and promised to resume negotiations with his opponents. Maduro’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Venezuela

U.S. ties easing of Venezuela sanctions to direct oil supply

U.S. officials have demanded Venezuela supply at least a portion of oil exports to the United States as part of any agreement to ease oil trading sanctions on the OPEC Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela frees two Americans after talks with U.S.

Venezuela released two jailed U.S. citizens on Tuesday in an apparent goodwill gesture toward the Biden administration following a visit to Caracas by a high-level U.S. delegation. One of the Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • India
  • Venezuela

Indian diplomats approaching U.S. over ONGC Videsh taking Venezuelan oil -CEO

The chief executive of ONGC Videsh, India’s second-largest oil and gas company, on Sunday confirmed talks between India and the U.S. State Department are underway to allow the company to Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Venezuela

U.S. officials visit Venezuela for talks with Russia-aligned Maduro government

A group of senior U.S. officials flew to Venezuela on Saturday for a meeting with President Nicolás Maduro’s government to discuss the possibility of easing sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

U.S. Officials Travel to Venezuela, a Russia Ally, as the West Isolates Putin

Senior U.S. officials are traveling to Venezuela on Saturday to meet with the government of President Nicolás Maduro, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Biden administration steps Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple

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