US seizes Venezuela-linked, Russian-flagged oil tanker
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The US Coast Guard is still pursuing a vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the region escalate, President Donald Trump has confirmed. "We're actually pursuing" the tanker, Trump said on Monday. "It came out of Venezuela and it was ...
China on Monday criticized the U.S.’s seizures of oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela and accused Washington of breaking international law amid reports that the U.S. Coast Guard was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea after ...
The US Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told Reuters on Sunday, in what would be the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than a week. One of the officials said the tanker was under ...
U.S. targets the regime’s prized export -- but withholds military force. The U.S. Coast Guard's seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker near the coast of Venezuela dealt a blow to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro -- an act that could have major economic ...
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Oil futures rebound on Venezuela tanker blockade
1555 ET – Oil futures pick up from four sessions of losses after President Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned tankers entering or leaving Venezuela. The advance was contained by market expectations of a large supply surplus next year. “There is ...
The U.S. is chasing an oil tanker that refused to let members of the Coast Guard aboard in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, Dec. 20. The move comes as President Donald Trump vows a "total and complete blockade" on oil tankers coming and going from Venezuela ...
Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude. By Anatoly Kurmanaev and Rebecca F. Elliott The United States’ aggressive campaign against ...
U.S. personnel seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday as President Trump ratchets up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The seizure of the vessel, which took place in international waters, was led by the Coast ...
LONDON/SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The cost of shipping oil is likely to remain high in the first half of 2026 as the global fleet ages and a rising number of vessels are hit with Western sanctions, shipping sources say, though rates could be capped in ...