Citgo faces strategic paralysis as sale to Elliott affiliate remains stalled by US government
The US refiner is struggling to make major investment decisions while its sale to Amber Energy remains frozen. Federal approval is pending amid political shifts.
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A Delaware court approved the $5.9 billion sale of PDV Holding to Amber Energy late last year, but the transaction remains unexecuted and frozen pending critical approval from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). This delay in finalizing the sale of the parent company of Citgo Petroleum, the seventh-largest refiner in the United States 
US, has left the asset in a state of operational limbo. The outcome of this transaction is central to resolving roughly $19 billion in creditor claims tied to Venezuela 
VE and will ultimately determine the control of a major American refining interest.
US, has left the asset in a state of operational limbo. The outcome of this transaction is central to resolving roughly $19 billion in creditor claims tied to Venezuela VE and will ultimately determine the control of a major American refining interest.
