economy
Sale de Venezuela primer cargamento de petróleo rumbo a EEUU tras acuerdo de 50 millones de barriles
Un buque petrolero fletado por la empresa transnacional Trafigura partió el domingo desde el puerto venezolano de Jose, Anzoátegui, hacia Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), según mostraron datos y documentos de LSEG, el primer cargamento que se dirigió directamente a Estados Unidos como parte de un acuerdo de suministro de 50 millones de barriles acordado este mes entre Caracas y Washington.
TL;DR
- A tanker chartered by Trafigura has departed Venezuela for the U.S. carrying one million barrels of Merey crude.
- This is the first direct shipment to the United States under a recent supply agreement between Venezuela and Washington.
- Trafigura and Vitol received U.S. licenses this month to trade Venezuelan oil.
- Other Venezuelan crude shipments have been sent to Caribbean storage terminals.
- Traders have shipped 10-11 million barrels of Venezuelan oil under the agreement so far.
- Exports of fuel oil are also being prepared.
- Venezuela needs to reduce over 40 million barrels of stored oil to reverse production cuts.