By Laura Sanicola and Susan Heavey
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The Biden administration granted oil refiner Citgo Petroleum a Jones Act shipping waiver allowing it to move fuel between U.S. ports on a foreign flagged vessel, two sources told Reuters on Friday, making it the second company to secure one this week.
The waivers are intended to help ease distribution of fuel after a major pipeline serving the U.S. East Coast was forced shut by a cyberattack last week, triggering widespread shortages of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
The Department of Homeland Security had announced the second waiver on Friday, but did not name the recipient.