Tanker Seizure Forces Chevron to Slash Prices on Venezuelan Crude
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AI-PoweredChevron has reduced the price of Venezuelan crude sold to US refiners following the seizure of a tanker by American forces, adding volatility to Gulf Coast markets.
Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 78% confidence.
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Chevron has quietly cut the price of Venezuelan crude sold to U.S. refiners after American forces seized a tanker off the country’s coast, tightening an already-fragile export channel and adding fresh volatility to Gulf Coast markets. Traders familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Chevron sold a batch of Venezuelan crude on December 11 at weaker levels than a similar offer just two days earlier. The timing was impossible to miss: the discount came immediately after U.S. forces boarded and seized the Skipper, a sanctioned crude carrier…
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