Oil exports from the US to begin in January 2016
Almaty. December 24. Silkroadnews - Oil exports from the United States will begin in January 2016, reported the newspaper "Vedomosti".
"The United States will begin to export its oil in the first week of January. Texas energy company Enterprise Products Partners LP will ship 600,000 barrels of oil from the terminal in Houston. Buyer will be Dutch Vitol Group. The deal was announced less than a week after the lifting of the embargo on the export of oil which was in force 40 years from 1975", - says the publication.
As noted, export permit from US government was issued to three companies - Enterprise Products Partners, Pioneer Natural Resources and Peaker Energy.