{"id":84187,"date":"2026-02-10T22:49:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/891231147"},"modified":"2026-02-10T22:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:49:41","slug":"venezuela-ships-first-crude-cargo-to-israel-as-oil-exports-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/venezuela-ships-first-crude-cargo-to-israel-as-oil-exports-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela Ships First Crude Cargo to Israel as Oil Exports Reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Bloomberg) \u2014 Venezuela<\/a> is sending its first crude oil cargo to Israel in years as the Latin American country\u2019s exports open up following the capture of its president Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n

The cargo is being transported to Bazan Group, the Mediterranean country\u2019s top crude processor, people with knowledge of the deal said, asking not to be identified because the information isn\u2019t public.<\/p>\n

At the start of the year, US forces captured Maduro<\/a> and the Trump administration said it would take over Venezuelan oil sales<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Israel doesn\u2019t advertise where it gets its crude oil from, and tankers have sometimes disappeared from digital tracking systems once they near the country\u2019s ports.<\/p>\n

When the cargo arrives, it would mark the first shipment of its kind since mid-2020, when Israel took about 470,000 barrels, according to Kpler data. Bazan, also known as Oil Refineries Ltd, declined to comment. Israel\u2019s energy ministry declined to comment on where the country gets its crude from.<\/p>\n

The deal is the latest sign of how the removal of Venezuelan president Maduro from office is routing flows of the country\u2019s oil. Until then, much of the country\u2019s output was sold in China. In the last month cargoes have been sold to buyers in India, Spain, the US and now Israel. <\/p>\n

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