Refiners in the United States spend billions on heavy grades of oil, And that the penalties imposed by trump against Venezuela, forced to hastily look for other suppliers. But raw materials may simply not be enough: given the decrease in production during OPEC, the market faces a shortage. In the end, according to analysts, most of the penalties will hurt the largest us oil the organization. In January, oil companies have asked trump to restrict imports of oil from Venezuela. India, Russia And China will continue to buy Venezuelan raw materials, And a unilateral ban would put U.S. refiners at a disadvantage, they explained. But the administration told that punishment is inevitable, And advised to seek alternative sources of heavy oil. Manufacturers that have invested billions to make profit by processing cheap low-quality raw materials, are currently paying a fabulous prize for high-sulfur oil. This is more than a hand in this present OPEC As Iraq And Saudi Arabia: there is produced not so much light sweet oil, by contrast with the heavy grades with no questions asked. Analysts warn that the crisis in Venezuela, together with a decrease in OPEC production, will only exacerbate the imbalance in the market. The South American Republic exports one of the heaviest grades of oil in the world, And punishment in practice blocked this channel. Oil refineries left without raw materials, And in truth must urgently look for alternative suppliers. But not the fact that the search will be successful. Mexico has already increased its supplies to the Eastern States in the past year, beating Venezuela. Ecuadorian And Colombian oil goes to the West coast. And now Refineries will have to compete for raw materials with each other. "Formed a significant hole in the plan on the next month. The problem is that we don't get anything out of Venezuela, " said investors Gary Simmons, head of the largest U.S. refining organization Valero Energy Corp. specialists pay attention: all This is a direct consequence of the actions of the White house. Saudi Arabia, Russia And Canada cut production, penalties forced Iran And Venezuela to curtail the export, And market low-quality crude oil was on the verge of falling. "in the real market of crude oil continues to feel the tension due to the acute shortage of high-sulphur oil," said Amrita sen, senior oil market analyst Energy consulting Aspect. in the most difficult situation - refineries of the Gulf of Mexico And the East coast, is designed to handle heavy oil. "Venezuela is very important for the market - it is not so much about volume, but about quality of oil American organizations. The judgment will be hardest hit refineries on the Gulf coast, " the Norwegian Analysts Rystad Energy. the 1st and foremost Citgo Petroleum Is a Houston - U.S. subsidiary of the Venezuelan PDVSA, the control refineries, pipelines And terminals. according to international energy Agency, Citgo is the biggest importer of Venezuelan oil (at the end of last year - 176 thousand barrels per day). At Valero Energy, the second component (166 thousand barrels per day), Chevron Corp - third (83 thousand barrels per day). As pointed out by Bloomberg, the lack of Venezuelan sour crude oil has already led to a sharp rise in raw material prices in the area. At the end of January crude oil Mars Blend rose to a five-year high, while the profitability of processing Mexican oil fell to the lowest level in four years. If the U.S. Refiners will not find available to replace the Venezuelan raw materials, they need to be very fast to reduce the rate of extraction. And This, for its part, will cause increase in fuel prices that hurt the rating of trump. <span style="color:darkgray