Media: The U.S. government is facilitating the sale of millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil.
The U.S. Department of Energy is coordinating the sale of about 50 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil, with the first transaction completed and subsequent sales continuing. The move aims to stabilize Venezuela's economy, prevent its oil industry from collapsing, and open the door for U.S. investments in Venezuela's oil reserves.
Since the U.S. special forces captured Venezuelan President Maduro on January 3, the country's oil industry has been on the brink of shutdown. The U.S. has contacted global commodity trading companies Trafigura and Vitol to execute the sales, which have paid the Venezuelan government approximately $50 per barrel and have transported over 4 million barrels of crude oil.
U.S. and Venezuelan officials are working to transfer the proceeds from the sales from a Qatari bank account into Venezuela's economic system, which may require easing some U.S. sanctions.
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