{"id":40571,"date":"2022-08-21T13:18:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T03:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40571"},"modified":"2022-08-21T13:18:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T03:18:28","slug":"venezuela-stops-oil-shipments-to-europe-as-alternatives-to-russian-energy-dry-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40571","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela Stops Oil Shipments To Europe As Alternatives To Russian Energy Dry Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-40572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Venezuela_Oil-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"Venezuela Oil\" width=\"585\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Venezuela_Oil-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Venezuela_Oil.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The writing is on the wall for Europe in terms of this coming winter \u2013 It&#8217;s going to get ugly.\u00a0 With natural gas imports from Russia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-germany-d040fce8b07abc2ab6bb2cbf31a0df47\">cut by 80%<\/a>\u00a0through Nord Stream 1 along with the majority of oil shipments, the EU is going to be scrambling for whatever fuel sources they can find to supply electricity and heating through the coming winter.\u00a0 Two sources that were originally suggested as alternatives were Iran and Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Increased Iranian oil and gas exports to the west are highly dependent on the tentative nuclear deal, but as Goldman Sachs recently suggested, such a deal is unlikely anytime soon as deadlines on proposals have not been met and the Israeli government calls for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-says-time-walk-away-nuclear-talks\">negotiators to &#8216;walk away.&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Venezuela had restarted shipments to Europe after 2 years of US sanctions under a deal that allows them to trade oil for debt relief.\u00a0 However, the country&#8217;s government has now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/venezuela-oil-europe\/rpt-exclusive-pdvsa-pauses-oil-for-debt-shipments-to-europe-wants-product-swaps-idUSL1N2ZO1OP\">suspended those shipments<\/a>, saying it is no longer interested in oil-for-debt deals and instead wants refined fuels from Italian and Spanish producers in exchange for crude.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/venezuela-stops-oil-shipments-europe-alternatives-russian-energy-dry\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/venezuela-stops-oil-shipments-europe-alternatives-russian-energy-dry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The writing is on the wall for Europe in terms of this coming winter \u2013 It&#8217;s going to get ugly.\u00a0 With natural gas imports from Russia\u00a0cut by 80%\u00a0through Nord Stream 1 along with the majority of oil shipments, the EU is going to be scrambling for whatever fuel sources they can find to supply electricity &hellip; 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