The United States has issued a general license to India’s Reliance Industries Ltd that will allow the re?ner to buy Venezuelan oil directly without violating sanctions, two sources familiar with the matter said. Following the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month, US of?cials said Washington would ease sanctions imposed on Venezuela’s energy industry to facilitate a $2 billion oil supply deal between Caracas and Washington and an ambitious $100 billion reconstruction plan for the country’s oil industry. A general license authorizes the purchase, exportation, and sale of Venezuelanorigin oil that has already been extracted, including the re?ning of such oil. Handing a license to Reliance could speed up Venezuela’s oil exports and reduce crude costs for the operator of the world’s biggest re?ning complex.