Venezuelan and U.S. officials are discussing exporting Venezuelan crude to the United States, five government, industry and shipping sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast can process Venezuela’s crude and have imported it in the past, before the U.S. imposed sanctions on Venezuela.

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(Reporting by Marianna Parraga, Erin Branco, Jonathan Saul, Jarret Renshaw and Arathy Somasekhar)