The president of the United States, Donald Trumphe has notified the partners of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA – among them the Spanish repsol – that their permits to export raw and derived from Venezuela They were canceled, American middle hours reported.
In addition to Repsol, among the affected companies are the American Global Oil Terminals, the Italian ENI, the French Maurel & Prom and India Reliance Industries, who had received permits to operate with Venezuelan crude in their refineries around the world, exceptionally to the sanctions against Chavism.
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Those licenses were granted during the administration of the Democrat Joe Biden, so, according to the US press, most of these oil companies had already suspended imports of Venezuelan oil after this week Trump ordered a 25 % tariff to Venezuelan oil and gas buyers.
Although, in cases of Repsol and Reliance, with great presence in the United States, authorization had been requested to operate in Venezuela and avoid incurring sanctions.
Now, companies have until the end of May to liquidate operations in the Latin American country, intensifying the Trump administration campaign to isolate Venezuela, in the midst of a battle in which migration also plays a fundamental role: Venezuela has promptly opposed themselves to accept US deported connationals.
In February, Venezuela exported 910,000 barrels per day of crude and fuel, above January 867,000.
Trump also announced weeks ago the revocation of a key license granted to the American Chevron to operate in Venezuela, who will have to dismantle its facilities in the Latin American country.
Likewise, the US president issued an executive order this week that establishes that the United States will begin to impose the aforementioned 25 % tariff on any country that buys Venezuelan oil.
