Executives from Vitol this week instructed business partners in Venezuela to assess terminals operated by state-run energy company PDVSA, including Amuay and El Palito, to begin loading fuel oil cargoes there in the coming days, the sources said.<\/p>\n
Vitol and PDVSA did not immediately reply to requests for comment.<\/p>\n
Venezuela has millions of barrels of crude and fuel oil stored onshore and in vessels as a consequence of a US oil blockade that began in December as a way to pressure Maduro’s administration.<\/p>\n
The OPEC country produces high-sulphur residual fuel oil, which it used to sell to customers in Asia.<\/p>\n
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