US firm Chevron resumes exports of Venezuelan oil after 4-day pause

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - An oil tanker chartered by the US oil giant Chevron resumed exports of Venezuelan oil on Monday, after a four-day pause due to the US intervention in Caracas, according to shipping data.

In the midst of an oil embargo that US President Donald Trump said on Saturday was still in effect following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Chevron is the only firm now permitted by Washington to export Venezuelan crude.

Ship monitoring data showed that Chevron's loaded tankers had not sailed to the US in recent days due to the US military operation.

According to maritime statistics platform TankerTracking.com, about a dozen different tankers carrying Venezuelan fuel and oil left the country's waterways in the aftermath of the attack, with their transponders off.