US Allows More Time For Transactions With Nynas AB Despite Venezuela Sanctions - Treasury

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th October, 2019) The United States has extended a license that allows certain transactions with PDVSA's joint venture Nynas AB despite US sanctions on the Venezuelan oil sector, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a notice on its website on Wednesday.

"All transactions and activities prohibited by ... [current sanctions] where the only government of Venezuela entities involved are Nynas AB or any of its subsidiaries, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, April 14, 2020," the notice said.

Nynas is a 50-50 joint venture between the Finnish company Neste Oil and Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA, which the US has previously sanctioned.

In June, the Treasury Department issued a license allowing limited transactions with Nynas, but that measure was set to expire on October 25.

The United States has in recent months ratcheted up sanctions on Venezuela as part of its campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro and install opposition leader Juan Guaido as his successor. Maduro has accused Guaido and Washington of collaborating to orchestrate a coup to take control of Venezuela's resources.