Venezuelan heavy oil tanker departs to Louisiana, shipping data shows
A crude tanker chartered by Trafigura departed on Sunday from Venezuela’s Jose port to Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), LSEG data and documents showed, the first cargo going directly to the US as part of a 50-million-barrel supply deal agreed this month between Caracas and Washington. This month, trading houses Vitol and Trafigura received the…