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Valero compró un cargamento de crudo venezolano, dijeron dos fuentes el miércoles, en una de las primeras operaciones realizadas por refinadores estadounidenses de la Costa del Golfo en el marco del acuerdo entre Washington y Caracas para permitir la exportación de hasta 50 millones de barriles de petróleo venezolano. Phillips 66 también adquirió un cargamento, […]
TL;DR
- Valero and Phillips 66 have purchased Venezuelan crude oil.
- These are among the first such deals since the U.S. and Venezuela reached an agreement allowing Venezuelan oil exports.
- The crude was purchased from trading house Vitol.
- The deals were negotiated for delivery to the U.S. Gulf Coast at a discount of $8.50 to $9.50 per barrel compared to Brent crude.
- Vitol and Trafigura were the first trading companies licensed by the U.S. government to trade Venezuelan crude.
- Prior to U.S. sanctions in 2019, Gulf Coast refineries processed up to 800,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan heavy crude.