NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The United States imported

crude oil from Venezuela last week for the first time since

Washington gave Chevron Corp ( CVX ) a new license to operate in

the South American country, data from the Energy Information

Administration showed.

About 74,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan crude oil arrived

at U.S. ports in the week ended August 22, the EIA data showed.

Prior to that, the U.S. had not imported Venezuelan crude oil

since the week ended July 4, the data showed.

(Reporting by Shariq Khan and Nicole Jao in New York)