Exclusive-Venezuela, US in talks to export Venezuelan oil to US, sources say

FILE PHOTO: Pumpjacks are seen at Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela October 5, 2017. Picture taken October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia/File Photo

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, Jan ‌6 (Reuters) - 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.

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