Venezuela

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April 20, 2019
Claims of Reliance Industries Ltd.'s purchases of crude oil from Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, for payment in cash to third parties are false, according to the company.

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April 07, 2019
The companies -- linked to the delivery of oil during February and March aboard the tanker Despina Andrianna -- are Ballito Bay Shipping Inc., based in Monrovia, Liberia and ProPer In Management Inc., based in Piraeus, Athens, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.

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April 04, 2019
Rolling blackouts across much of the country that started on March 7 paralyzed most of the country’s oil wells and rigs, which have slowly come back online.
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March 20, 2019
Venezuela’s exports to the U.S. hit zero last week after American sanctions on PDVSA.
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March 2019
Venezuelan oil industry on life-support
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March 13, 2019
Venezuela’s opposition leader is rolling out the welcome mat to foreign investors who want a piece of the world’s largest oil reserves.
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March 12, 2019
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said the decline of oil output from Venezuela will continue until there’s a change of leadership.
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March 05, 2019
Just as Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA was running out of an obscure product needed to thin out its crude and keep exports flowing in the wake of U.S. sanctions, Russia is coming to the rescue.
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February 26, 2019
Venezuela is running out of space to store its sanction crude, forcing it to reduce output at a time when the world is thirsty for heavy oil.
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February 24, 2019
The world’s largest energy trader says oil prices are set to rally further as OPEC output cuts and American sanctions on Iran and Venezuela cause a "shortage" of the low-quality heavy crudes refiners rely on.

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February 19, 2019
California doesn’t usually come to mind when talking about the U.S. oil boom, but the state’s dirty oil is commanding an increasingly large premium amid an international shortfall of dense, high-sulfur crude.

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February 18, 2019
India is feasting on Venezuelan oil, after the U.S. imposed a de facto ban on crude imports from the Latin American nation.
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February 17, 2019
The Trump administration has given Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, and President Nicolas Maduro’s associates a clear path to escape U.S. sanctions: Help bring down the authoritarian leader.

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February 15, 2019
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo, who also serves as the head of its state-owned oil giant, PDVSA, and four other officials for their ties to President Nicolas Maduro.
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February 14, 2019
Some of the world’s dirtiest and densest crudes, traditionally spurned for being too difficult to process, are having a moment in the sun, with a little help from President Trump.

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February 13, 2019
The political crisis in Venezuela risks disrupting global crude markets as the type of oil pumped by the OPEC member becomes increasingly scarce, according to the International Energy Agency.

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February 12, 2019
Chevron Corp., CEO Mike Wirth pledged to work closely with the U.S. to remain in Venezuela despite a spiraling crisis that has led rival oil major Total SA to retreat.
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February 12, 2019
U.S. sanctions that have effectively blocked American imports of Venezuelan oil are leading to a crude-price surge thousands of miles away in China.
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February 11, 2019
Venezuela’s oil minister made a surprise appearance at an energy event in India, as the embattled OPEC producer seeks closer ties with major crude customers in the face of crippling U.S. sanctions.

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February 10, 2019
As winter keeps its grip on the northern hemisphere it is the oil bulls, not the bears, who have gone into hibernation. The price rally that greeted the new year has fizzled out as renewed concerns about demand growth outweigh the tightening of oil supply through OPEC cuts and U.S. sanctions.

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February 06, 2019
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said U.S.-imposed oil sanctions are putting pressure on the embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who the U.S. is trying to oust.