Algerian Tanker Arrives with Venezuela's First Crude Import

Posted by Joseph R. Fonseca
Monday, October 27, 2014


Oil tanker Carabobo, carrying Venezuela's first importation of crude oil, arrived late on Saturday at the Jose port, where it is scheduled to unload up to 2 million barrels of Algerian Saharan Blend to be used as a diluent for Venezuela's extra heavy crude, according to Reuters tanker tracking data.

(Reporting by Marianna Parraga in Houston; Editing by Greg Mahlich)

 

Categories: Energy Logistics Tankers

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