Shipping Magnate Faces US Sanctions Probe

(Reuters, 12.Jun.2020) — The United States is investigating a Venezuelan shipping magnate for possibly violating U.S. sanctions by bringing fuel to gasoline-short Venezuela, according to […]

Wave Of Venezuelan Oil Stalled At Sea

(Argus, 10.Jun.2020) — Vessel tracking data shows a fleet of 44 international tankers on the water holding 40.5mn bl of Venezuelan oil as shipowners face […]

Mexico Probes Libre Abordo Pact With Venezuela

(Reuters, 2.Jun.2020) — The Mexican government’s financial crime department is investigating Libre Abordo, a Mexico-based firm that received millions of barrels of Venezuelan crude under […]

FBI Probes Firms Over Venezuela Oil Trading

(Reuters, 13.May.2020) — The FBI is probing several Mexican and European companies allegedly involved in trading Venezuelan oil as it gathers information for a U.S. […]

Nynas Exits US Sanctions

(Nynas, 12.May.2020) — The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) announced today that Nynas is no longer being blocked pursuant to the […]

Nynas: Removal Of Venezuela-related License

(OFAC, 12.May.2020) — The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is revoking and archiving on its website Venezuela-related General License (GL) […]

Chevron Barred From Drilling In Venezuela

(Reuters, 22.Apr.2020) — Chevron Corp has been banned from drilling or transporting oil in Venezuela and its assets there are “mothballed” as the Trump administration […]

Nynas Applies For Company Reorganization

(Nynas, 12.Mar.2019) — Nynas AB (publ) has today filed for company reorganisation at Södertörn’s District Court. Nynas loans have not been extended by the banks. […]

OFAC Adds Six Vessels To List

(Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Dec.2019) — The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) add six vessels to its SDN […]

US Court Denies Citgo Rehearing

(S&P Global Platts, 21.Nov.2019) — A US appeals court Thursday denied Venezuela’s request for it to reconsider its ruling allowing a PDVSA creditor to go […]

OFAC Gives Nynas AB Time

(Sputnik, 18.Oct.2019) — The United States has extended a license that allows certain transactions with PDVSA’s joint venture Nynas AB despite US sanctions on the […]