Authorized sale of US-made thinners to Venezuela The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) authorized on Tuesday the sale of U.S.-origin diluents to Venezuela, a component necessary to produce exportable grades of crude oil in the country. nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqa9cren53r6cq2cd3xyrt4qy8phg2q9fkq9nzsc5ssnmuudzsrpmqqjrwwpcxy6r2wfk94nrxv34956rjcfj95uxxdtx94jxzcejv4jrwefcv4snv3gctdz