Venezuela’s main oil export terminal of Jose has restarted operations after a blackout earlier this week paralyzed crude shipments, the lifeblood of the OPEC nation’s economy, according to three sources and Refinitiv Eikon data. Oil workers’ union leader Jose Bodas said operations at the terminal had partially restarted by Thursday evening. A source at state-run oil company PDVSA said activity at the terminal had restarted around midday on Thursday, and that the port was operating at 100 percent capacity. “Operations at TAEJ started normally yesterday,” said another PDVSA source, using a Spanish acronym for the Jose terminal. Data from Refinitiv Eikon showed that one tanker, the Marie C, exited Jose early on Friday after loading and was on its way to the Paranagua port in Brazil hours later. The South American country was rocked by its second blackout in less than a month on […]