AFP: at least 7 tankers are line in Lake Maracaibo to load oil

A row of ships waited to load oil this Friday at Lake Maracaibo, Two weeks before the oil transnationals operating in Venezuela, their operations cease for the sanctions of the United States.

The AFP found the presence of at least seven tanks in the Bay of Lake Maracaibo (Zulia, west) that They expected to enter the springs of the state Petroleos of Venezuela (PDVSA) located in this region where oil exploitation began more than a century ago.

On February 26, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced the end of a license granted to Chevron in November 2022 During the administration of Joe Biden in a flexibility to the embargo on Venezuela in 2019.

In addition to the American oil company Chevron, the French Maurel & Prom, the Spanish Repsol and the Italian eni They were also notified of the revocation of United States licenses. All must cease their operations before May 27.

Venezuela plans to maintain production in oil blocks So far he operated together with the American company Chevron, the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, said on May 5.

Chevron operated in Sociedad with the state Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in four projects.

On April 11, Venezuela reported that Chevron returned Venezuelan crude shipments due to “the impossibility and restrictions that have been imposed (to the company) to pay them to Venezuela.”

However, Maduro has assured that His government will comply with the commitments signed by Chevron.

Chevron produced about 200,000 barrels of million barrels per day of crude oil from Venezuela.

At the end of March, Trump threatened countries that buy Venezuelan oil or gas With an additional 25% tariff in its commercial transactions with the United States.

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