HOUSTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Two China-flagged supertankers that were sailing to Venezuela to pick up debt-paying crude cargoes amid the U.S. oil embargo on the OPEC country have made u-turn and are now heading back to Asia, LSEG shipping data showed on Monday.
The very large crude carriers Xingye and Thousand Sunny had remained anchored in the Atlantic Ocean for weeks, waiting for directions amid the blockade and Venezuela’s political crisis, triggered by the U.S. capture of President Nicolas Maduro.
The vessels are part of a group of three supertankers that only cover the Venezuela-China route to carry crude that pays Venezuela’s debt service to the Asian country.
(Reporting by Marianna Parraga; Editing by Daina Salomon)
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