The US government has received as many as 50 private license requests from companies seeking to operate in Venezuela’s oil and gas sector, Francisco Palmieri, US chief of mission of the Venezuelan Affairs Unit, said in an interview with Efecto Cocuyo on Wednesday.
- NOTE: Last month, the US allowed general license 44A to expire, which had offered temporary relief from oil sanctions, to expire
- Foreign oil companies in Venezuela require licenses from the US to operate after May 31
- Talks with the
Nicolás Maduro government are ongoing and “diplomatic channels remain open” after thereimposition of sanctions in April, Palmieri ...
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