oil

Venezuelan banks will get US$300 million of oil money to sell on exchange market: sources

FOUR Venezuelan banks were notified this week by the country’s government that they will split US$300 million of oil revenues deposited in an account in Qatar, enabling them to sell dollars to Venezue...

The US completed the first sales of Venezuelan oil that are part of a US$2 billion deal reached this month between Caracas and Washington, a US official said on Wednesday.

US getting 30% higher price for Venezuelan oil than Venezuela did weeks ago, energy chief says

[WASHINGTON] US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Thursday the US is getting a 30 per cent higher price for Venezuelan crude oil than Venezuela got before US special forces captured President Nico...

For shipowners, that means higher rates on some routes as current and future oil flows are redirected, with Washington starting to ease sanctions on Venezuela.

Oil tanker rates spike as US push into Venezuela redraws flows

The global oil industry is working through the consequences of Washington’s move earlier this month

Venezuela, a founding member of Opec, sits atop some of the world’s largest crude reserves but has seen output collapse in recent years.

Trump backs Venezuela staying in Opec

[WASHINGTON] President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he believes it would be better for Venezuela to remain in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or Opec, but added he was un...

China last year was the first destination of Venezuela’s oil with some 642,000 bpd exported.

Supertankers sailing to pick up Venezuelan oil for China make U-turns, ship data shows

[HOUSTON] Two China-flagged supertankers that were sailing to Venezuela to pick up debt-paying crude cargoes made U-turns and were headed back to Asia, LSEG shipping data showed on Monday, a sign that...

Reviving the oil industry and undoing years of underinvestment and mismanagement would, by some estimates, require US$100 billion and take a decade.

Trump says he’s inclined to exclude ExxonMobil from Venezuela

Chevron is the only Western oil major to have continued operating in the country while Maduro was in charge

The Liberian-flagged oil-chemical tanker Ocean Mariner sails through Havana Bay as US-Cuba tensions rise.

Cuba defiant after Trump says island to receive no more Venezuelan oil or money

The island’s government has been struggling to keep the lights on

Some US oil operators, particularly smaller producers, are concerned about current prices that have strained the economics of some drilling.

ExxonMobil calls Venezuela ‘uninvestable’ as Trump pushes oil plan

Low prices are viewed warily within the oil industry, which the US president is counting on to keep pumping crude

Trafigura and Vitol Group have obtained preliminary licenses from the US Treasury to help market the pledged Venezuelan crude oil.

Trafigura readies first Venezuelan oil ship as part of mega sale

Traders have been notifying US refiners to gauge interest for the oil, with sales expected to kick off on Monday

US oil executives are expected to press President Trump on providing strong legal and financial guarantees before they agree to commit capital to Venezuela, FT said.

US oil companies say they need guarantees to invest in Venezuela: FT

US OIL companies want “serious guarantees” from Washington before they make large investments in Venezuela, as President Donald Trump urges them to back his bid to reshape energy markets, the Financia...