Tanker carrying Iranian crude for PDVSA arrives in Venezuelan waters -document

A automotive drives previous El Palito refinery which belongs to PDVSA in Puerto Cabello, within the state of Carabobo, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello/

MARACAY, Venezuela, June 13 (Reuters) – An Iran-flagged tanker carrying about 1 million barrels of crude from the Center Japanese nation arrived in Venezuelan waters over the weekend, in line with a transport doc seen by Reuters on Monday.

The cargo is the third of Iranian crude equipped by Iran’s Naftiran Intertrade Co (NICO) to Venezuela’s state-run oil agency PDVSA following a provide contract offering the South American nation with lighter crude. Venezuela has been processing the Iranian oil in its refineries.

The Suezmax tanker Sonia I, which departed from Iran’s Kharg Island port in early Might, touched waters near Venezuela’s Amuay refinery on Saturday, in line with an official discover of its arrival and Refinitiv Eikon vessel knowledge.

Different two Iran-flagged tankers, the very giant crude carriers (VLCCs) Dino I and Silvia I, had arrived final month at Venezuelan ports carrying the primary cargoes of Iranian crude for Venezuela. They later loaded Venezuelan heavy oil and gas for Iran in trade, in line with the monitoring knowledge and PDVSA’s schedules. learn extra

Defying U.S. sanctions on each nations, Iran has since 2020 despatched gas to Venezuela and helped in refinery repairs. learn extra

The contract signed by state corporations from the nations in Might covers refurbishing and increasing PDVSA’s 146,000-barrel-per-day El Palito refinery, and it additionally widened a swap deal agreed final yr to trade Iranian condensate for Venezuelan heavy crude.

On Saturday, Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year cooperation plan in Tehran, with the Islamic Republic’s chief saying the allies would proceed to withstand stress from Washington. learn extra

The plan covers cooperation within the fields of oil, refining, petrochemicals, protection, agriculture, tourism and tradition. It additionally included the supply of the second oil tanker constructed by Iran’s SADRA shipyard for Venezuela. SADRA has been below U.S. sanctions for greater than a decade over its hyperlinks to Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.

Reporting by Mircely Guanipa; Writing by Marianna Parraga; Enhancing by Lisa Shumaker

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