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Venezuela dominates news
Published: January 8, 2026
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Venezuelan news dominated sentiment in the HSFO complex. Given the expectations of greater volumes of heavy sour crude directed towards US Gulf Coast (USGC) refiners, this has greatly weighed on barge cracks.

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