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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday expressed willingness to “turn the page” with the U.S., following the presidency change, especially to revive the sanctions-hit oil industry. Maduro’s desire is that the two nations can reach a “new path” after years of tension between the Maduro government and the Trump administration. …

Little-known shipping companies registered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been shipping Venezuelan crude oil in breach of the U.S. sanctions on Nicolas Maduro’s regime, Reuters says in a special report on Tuesday. The companies Muhit Maritime, Issa Shipping FZE, and Asia Charm Ltd, all registered in two free …

India wants to diversify its oil imports, including the resumption of supplies from Iran and Venezuela, after Joseph Biden becomes president of the United States, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday. “As a buyer I would like to have more buying places. I should have more destinations to go …

The first tanker of a three-vessel Iranian flotilla carrying much-needed fuel for Venezuela has entered waters of the South American country despite the sanctions imposed on both countries by the US, reports said. The Iran-flagged tanker Forest, which is transporting some 270,000 barrels of fuel loaded in the Middle East, …

Venezuela’s long-suffering oil industry is ramping up exports even as production continues its inexorable slide. Exports of crude oil, the commodity that bankrolls the regime of President Nicolas Maduro, are set to reach a four-month high of at least 325,000 barrels a day in August, largely because of diesel-for-crude swaps …

Venezuela’s fuel crisis is poised to deteriorate even further after one of its biggest refineries was halted over the weekend following a nearby oil spill. Petroleos de Venezuela SA’s El Palito refinery stopped producing gasoline after its fluid catalytic cracker was shut due to a malfunctioning valve, said union leader …

Shipping gasoline to Venezuela embarrassed and humiliated US more than ever like pounding US’s Ain al-Assad military base in Al-Anbar Province in Baghdad.

Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the Rai al-Youm website, has told Al Mayadeen TV channel that the U.S. President Donald Trump has suffered defeats as Washington’s sanctions on Venezuela have been broken by arrival of Iran’s oil tanker. President Hassan Rouhani’s warning about Tehran’s firm response in case of …

Iran’s second oil tanker, Forest, arrived in Venezuela amid the US threats. Forest entered the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Venezuela early Sunday, met by the country’s navy. It follows the first of five Iranian vessels carrying an estimated total of 1.53 barrels of gasoline between them. The first vessel, …

Faced with a paralyzing gasoline shortage, President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela is using Covid-19 to keep everyone home. Iranian tankers are on their way as he considers longer-term solutions including a private market for imports and sales and a price increase at the pump to kill the black market. Under …