Boats with Venezuelan oil stationed in the Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico it becomes a parking lot for Venezuelan crudesince the sanctions USA imposed on Petroleos de Venezuela SA to stop the flow of oil from the Latin American country.

According to the data of Kpler Locating and Intelligence Society, oil tankers contain about 6 million barrels of Venezuelan oil and float on the US Gulf Coast. where they go there.

Eight vessels pointing to US destinations, such as the Chevron Corp. refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi, are inactive in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico or just north of the Yucatan Peninsula, stationed near the coast or sailing south. Gulf.

Chevron has contingency plans to deal with Venezuela's sanctionssaid Michael Wirth, executive director, in the call for results of the company in the fourth quarter. The Pascagoula refinery has enough crude to last until the first quarter and possibly a little further, he said.

"Normally, no crude vessel is seen in the Gulfsaid Reid I, Anson, an economic badyst at Kpler. It is clear that refineries in the Gulf are struggling to find heavy oil. From Chevron's point of view, they want at least to have this crude oil in the Gulf, parked there and have a contingency or an option if they can not get heavy crude elsewhere. "