An oil pump jack is seen in an oil field near Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela October 14, 2022.
REUTERS/Issac Urrutia/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsHOUSTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Venezuela's oil exports remained almost unchanged in November at 651,000 barrels per day (bpd) even as an easing of U.S. sanctions is now allowing sales to trading houses, according to shipping and tanker tracking data.
Washington in October temporarily lifted oil sanctions on the country as a way to encourage a presidential election in 2024, which prompted spot sales of Venezuelan crude and fuel oil to traders mostly bound for China.
The stagnant production has driven PDVSA to offer trading houses and intermediaries a large portion of its oil stocks for exports.
Besides seeking spot cash oil sales, PDVSA also has ramped up fuel imports since October.
Persons:
Issac Urrutia, PDVSA, Marianna Parraga, Mircely Guanipa, Jonathan Oatis
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REUTERS, Rights, China ., Reuters, Analysts, Chevron, Spain's, Thomson
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Lake Maracaibo, Cabimas, Venezuela, Washington, China, China . State, India, Venezuelan, United States, U.S, Houston, Maracay