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Four Tankers that Had Left Venezuela in 'Dark Mode' Are Back in Its ...
Four tankers that left Venezuela with transponders off have returned amid the US embargo; one was seized and another released, while negotiations for a $2 billion oil deal continue.
- On Jan 9, TankerTrackers.com spotted Panama-flagged Merope, Cook Islands-flagged Min Hang and Panama-flagged Thalia III back in Venezuelan waters, with at least four tankers that left in 'dark mode' now returned.
- A flotilla of about a dozen loaded vessels and at least three empty ships left Venezuelan waters last month in apparent defiance of a US embargo imposed since mid-December, departing in 'dark mode' with transponders off.
- US authorities intercepted and seized the Panama-flagged supertanker M. Sophia this week, while the Aframax tanker Olina was intercepted and released to Venezuela on Jan 9, PDVSA said.
- Vitol and Trafigura this week received the first US licenses to handle Venezuelan exports, and US President Donald Trump told top oil company executives on Friday supply arrangements had progressed.
- With exports dragged to a minimum, officials say organised crude exports could begin under a $2 billion Caracas–Washington deal, as US embargoes have limited Venezuela's oil output.
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4 Oil Tankers That Left Venezuela In 'Dark Mode' Back In Its Waters
At least four tankers, most of them loaded, that had departed from Venezuela in early January in 'dark mode' - or with their transponders off amid a strict US blockade - are now back in the South American country's waters
·New Delhi, India
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The return home of four ships in dark mode reveals the accelerated transit of Venezuela from oil smuggling to an export scheme controlled by the United States
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