File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 4 (Reuters) - Venezuela's oil exports in August fell 38% from a three-year high in July as state-run oil company PDVSA struggled to keep its heavy crude upgraders in service, according to vessel monitoring data and internal company documents.
Venezuela's oil exports in August dropped to about 544,000 barrels per day (bpd) from more than 877,000 bpd in July, according to LSEG Eikon vessel tracking data.
China remained the main destination for most of the OPEC member's crude and fuel exports, including cargoes transshipped through Malaysia.
At the Petropiar crude upgrader, operated by PDVSA and Chevron and that processes extra heavy oil, maintenance affected a vacuum distillation unit.
PDVSA boosted shipments of crude, fuel oil, gasoline blend stock and gas oil to ally Cuba to some 65,000 bpd, from 53,000 bpd in July.
Persons:
PDVSA, Russia's Roszarubezhneft, Marianna Parraga, Marguerita Choy
Organizations:
American, Chevron, U.S, PDVSA, China National Petroleum Corp, Italy's Eni, Thomson
Locations:
Venezuela, U.S, China, Malaysia, Cuba, Houston, Maracay