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Wednesday, August 29, 2018
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Collision

Venezuela’s Main Oil Port Partially Operating After Tanker Allision

by Marianna Parraga (Reuters) – Venezuela’s main oil port of Jose is operating partially after a tanker collided with a dock at the weekend, curtailing

August 29, 2018
Total Views: 59

Monday, August 20, 2018
Oil tanker is docked in Venezuela
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ConocoPhillips, Venezuela’s PDVSA Reach $2 Billion Settlement

By Marianna Parraga and Nivedita Bhattacharjee Aug 20 (Reuters) – U.S. producer ConocoPhillips and Venezuela’s PDVSA have reached a payment

August 20, 2018
Total Views: 25

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Oil tanker is docked in Venezuela
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Venezuela Dodges Oil Asset Seizures with Export Transfers at Sea

By Marianna Parraga and Mircely Guanipa HOUSTON/PUNTO FIJO, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has limited the damage from

August 7, 2018
Total Views: 17

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Venezuelan Oil Exports Sink Amid Seizures and Shipping Backlog
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Venezuelan Oil Exports Sink Amid Seizures and Shipping Backlog

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, June 20 (Reuters) – Venezuelan PDVSA’s oil exports fell 32 percent in the first half of June compared with May,

June 20, 2018
Total Views: 18

Thursday, June 7, 2018
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Venezuela’s PDVSA Takes First Step to Ease Huge Oil Export Backlog

  By Marianna Parraga and Mircely Guanipa HOUSTON/PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela, June 7 (Reuters) – Venezuela has begun testing seaborne oil transfers

June 7, 2018
Total Views: 20

Wednesday, June 6, 2018
oil tanker photo
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Venezuela Faces Hurdles Clearing 24 Million Barrel Backlog at Ports

By Marianna Parraga June 6 (Reuters) – Venezuela is nearly a month behind in shipping crude to customers from its main oil export port, according to

June 6, 2018
Total Views: 46

Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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Curacao Faces ‘Potential Crisis’ from Venezuela-Conoco Row, Prime Minister Says

CARACAS, May 8 (Reuters) – A legal dispute between ConocoPhillips and Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA could leave Curacao’s economically important

May 8, 2018
Total Views: 10

Venezuela’s PDVSA Halts Storage and Shipping from Caribbean Islands
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Venezuela’s PDVSA Halts Storage and Shipping from Caribbean Islands

By Marianna Parraga May 8 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA suspended oil storage and shipping from its Caribbean facilities following a move

May 8, 2018
Total Views: 42

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Piracy

In Venezuela Pirates Now Rule

By Jonathan Franklin (Bloomberg) Their industry all but destroyed, former fishermen now run guns one way, diapers another. On the sea with the desperate

January 30, 2018
Total Views: 115

Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Banned at Sea: Venezuela’s Crude-Stained Oil Tankers
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Banned at Sea: Venezuela’s Crude-Stained Oil Tankers

By Marianna Parraga and Mircely Guanipa HOUSTON/PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela, April 18 (Reuters) – In the scorching heat of the Caribbean Sea, workers in scuba

April 18, 2017
Total Views: 119

Friday, April 22, 2016
Venezuela Piles Up $1 Billion Bill for Late Shipping Containers
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Venezuela Piles Up $1 Billion Bill for Late Shipping Containers

By Corina Pons and Jonathan Saul PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela/LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) – Venezuelan state agencies have run up close to $1 billion in

April 22, 2016
Total Views: 24

Thursday, April 7, 2016
PDVSA to Receive First U.S. Crude Cargo from BP, Backlog Eases Around Curacao
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PDVSA to Receive First U.S. Crude Cargo from BP, Backlog Eases Around Curacao

HOUSTON, April 6 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s PDVSA will discharge in the coming days its first cargo of U.S. crude bought from British BP, who along

April 7, 2016
Total Views: 50

Thursday, March 24, 2016
Delays at Venezuela’s Main Crude Port Trigger Vessels Backlog
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Delays at Venezuela’s Main Crude Port Trigger Vessels Backlog

By Marianna Parraga and Alexandra Ulmer HOUSTON/CARACAS, March 24 (Reuters) – Serious delays to load and unload vessels at Venezuela’s main crude

March 24, 2016
Total Views: 22

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
World Bank Tribunal Partially Lifts Suspension on Tidewater Award in Venezuela Case
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World Bank Tribunal Partially Lifts Suspension on Tidewater Award in Venezuela Case

CARACAS, March 1 (Reuters) – A World Bank tribunal partially lifted a stay of enforcement on a compensation claim payable by Venezuela to oil service

March 2, 2016
Total Views: 11

Monday, January 18, 2016
oil tanker
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Iran-Venezuela Oil Tanker Deal Hit by Sanctions Snags

By Jonathan Saul and Marianna Parraga LONDON/HOUSTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – An agreement to build oil tankers in Iran for Venezuela has been left in limbo

January 18, 2016
Total Views: 13

Thursday, December 3, 2015
Tanker Backlog Builds in Venezuela
Shipping News

Tanker Backlog Builds in Venezuela

HOUSTON (Reuters) – A backlog of tankers waiting to unload around Venezuela has built up, even though a crude cargo from France’s Total and another

December 3, 2015
Total Views: 26

Monday, September 14, 2015
Venezuela Arrests Seven Suspected of Smuggling Diesel Onboard PDVSA Tanker
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Venezuela Arrests Seven Suspected of Smuggling Diesel Onboard PDVSA Tanker

  PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have arrested seven people for allegedly attempting to smuggle diesel, an industry source

September 14, 2015
Total Views: 24

Thursday, July 9, 2015
Venezuela Bid to Review $46 Million Tidewater Award Rejected
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Venezuela Bid to Review $46 Million Tidewater Award Rejected

CARACAS, July 8 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s request to review a $46 million compensation claim it has been ordered to pay to oil service company

July 9, 2015
Total Views: 14

Thursday, March 19, 2015
Venezuela Looking to Reduce Tidewater Ruling
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Venezuela Looking to Reduce Tidewater Ruling

Venezuela will seek to reduce a $46 million compensation claim it has been ordered to pay to oil service company Tidewater in a case stemming from the 2009

March 19, 2015
Total Views: 22

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Shipping News

Second Algerian Crude Cargo Arrives in Venezuela

A tanker carrying Algerian light oil arrived at the Venezuelan port of Jose late on Monday and is waiting to unload up to 2 million barrels in PDVSA's second

November 18, 2014
Total Views: 15
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