Reuters
La petrolera Chevron (CVX.N) está en conversaciones con el gobierno estadounidense para ampliar una licencia clave que le permite operar en Venezuela, con el fin de aumentar las exportaciones de crudo a sus propias refinerías y vender a otros compradores, según informaron el miércoles cuatro fuentes cercanas a las negociaciones. Por Marianna Parraga / Reuters Estas […]
TL;DR
- Chevron is in discussions with the U.S. government to expand its license to operate in Venezuela.
- The goal is to increase crude oil exports for Chevron's refineries and other buyers.
- The U.S. and Venezuela are negotiating the supply of up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil to the U.S.
- Revenue from these oil supplies is expected to fund U.S. goods for Venezuela.
- Chevron is the only major U.S. oil company operating in Venezuela under a waiver from sanctions.
- Previous U.S. restrictions limited Chevron's Venezuelan crude exports and denied PDVSA revenue from these sales.
- An expanded license could allow Chevron to resume previous export levels and sell to international partners.
- Other U.S. companies like Valero Energy, Exxon Mobil, and ConocoPhillips are being encouraged to participate in Venezuelan oil exports.
- PDVSA stated its negotiations with the U.S. are based on strictly commercial terms.