Venezuela’s crude imports show PDVSA picks pragmatism over politics
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The imported lighter crude will be used to dilute the nation increasingly heavy crude output in order to create buy canada goose jacket cheap a Canada Goose Online blended variety that is more palatable for global refiners. It is some $30 a barrel cheaper than the imported naphtha that PDVSA has been buying to use as until now, the company said in a statement last week confirming the purchases.
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