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Venezuelan March Oil Exports Rose On VLCC Availability And Reinstated Contracts

OIL

Venezuela's oil exports rose in March to the highest monthly average since August, boosted by a resumption of loadings after an export freeze and by rising cargoes assigned to Chevron according to documents and shipping data.

  • PDVSA and its joint ventures in March shipped a total of 774,420bpd of crude and fuel, mainly to China, a rebound from the low figures registered in the two previous months, the documents and data showed.
  • Chevron received from PDVSA and exported about 115kbpd of Venezuelan heavy crude to the US, up by around 80kbpd from Feb.
  • A total of eight very large crude carriers (VLCC) set sail from Venezuelan ports, which eased a tanker bottleneck that had built up since early 2023.
  • The uptick was partially because PDVSA has reinstated two export contracts after a January freeze. It reinstated a medium-term contract with Hangzhou Energy, and another with Portugal-based Adinius Sociedade de Servicios.

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