A tanker chartered by Chevron is about to complete offloading nearly 500,000 barrels of Venezuelan oil at a local port after Venezuela’s state-run oil firm PDVSA ordered the cargo to be returned.
Per shipping data and a source familiar with the matter, the vessel Carina Voyager, which sails under the Bahamian flag and is managed by a Chevron unit, started discharging its cargo on Saturday at PDVSA’s Jose terminal.
The offloading process is expected to finish by Monday.
At least nine tankers previously chartered by Chevron to export Venezuelan crude to the United States have been left stranded in the Caribbean Sea.
These tankers were scheduled to deliver oil under a special US license set to expire on May 27. However, PDVSA recently cancelled loading permits for several cargoes and ordered at least two already-loaded shipments to return.
Another Chevron cargo is also being sent back. The Dubai Attraction, a Marshall
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