Venezuela oil exports: Asia-bound shipments stalled for fifth day amid US embargo; PDVSA faces stockpile stress

Venezuela’s main oil ports entered a fifth straight day without shipping crude to customers in Asia, the country’s biggest buyers, as US pressure on the OPEC producer intensified under an oil embargo, shipping data showed.

The halt in deliveries risks worsening problems for state-run oil firm PDVSA, which is already struggling with output and refining constraints.