(Reuters) – Venezuelan and U.S. officials are discussing exporting Venezuelan crude to refiners in the United States, five government, industry and shipping sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Venezuela has millions of barrels of oil loaded on tankers and in storage tanks that it has been unable to ship due to a blockade on exports imposed …
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(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday dismissed analysts’ estimates that it would take years to ramp up Venezuela’s crude production, saying there were ways to quickly boost the country’s oil sector. Raising crude output from the South American nation, which sits on the world’s largest oil reserves, is a top objective for President Donald …
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LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Shell (SHEL.L) has agreed to buy stakes in two undeveloped offshore blocks in ultra-deep waters offshore Angola from Chevron (CVX.N), the European energy major said on Tuesday. European oil majors have said they will spend billions in Angola, Sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest crude oil producer after Nigeria. The country has undertaken …
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By Marianna Parraga Chevron’s loadings and crude exports flowing normally Slow loading at Jose, Bajo Grande could put more pressure on output cuts Many loaded vessels remain undeparted in Venezuelan waters Jan 6 (Reuters) – Venezuela was loading crude only for U.S. major Chevron (CVX.N) on Tuesday, while operations by state-run oil firm PDVSA to …
By Arathy Somasekhar and Georgina Mccartney US Gulf Coast refiners set to benefit if Venezuelan sanctions end Canadian crude will lose pricing power if Venezuelan oil flows freely Chinese independent refineries will seek alternatives if Venezuelan crude is redirected HOUSTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – A full-scale resumption of Venezuelan oil exports would benefit refiners in …
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(Reuters) – There were likely many motives behind America’s capture and arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, but one little-discussed factor could be the White House’s concerns about the waning global prominence of the “petrodollar.” Venezuela’s oil output is currently modest at barely 1 million barrels per day, but its reported reserves of …
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Refiner Phillips 66 said on Tuesday in a Goldman Sachs conference that it has two Gulf coast refineries which can turn and process Venezuela crudes as they ramp up. Reporting by Vallari Srivastava and Pooja Menon in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid
Venezuela’s main oil ports on Tuesday entered their fifth day without delivering crude for state-run PDVSA’s customers in Asia, which are the OPEC country’s main buyers, shipping data showed, as the U.S. presses the nation through an oil embargo. Chevron, which is PDVSA’s main joint-venture partner, on Monday resumed exports of Venezuelan oil to the …
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is giving U.S. energy companies the opportunity to revive Venezuela’s massive, derelict oil industry. It’s an offer they may want to refuse. After the U.S. military’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the weekend, representatives of the Trump administration plan to meet with oil executives later this week to discuss boosting Venezuelan …
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By Javier Blas A Madrid protestor holds a caricature of Donald Trump drinking from a Venezuelan oil barrel by Portuguese cartoonist Vasco Gargalo. Photographer: THOMAS COEX/AFP Let’s do the math. Start with the oil production of the US and add Canada. Then include Venezuela and the rest of Latin America, from Mexico to Argentina and …
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