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Venezuela's main oil ports on Tuesday entered their fifth day without delivering crude for state-run PDVSA's customers in Asia, which are the OPEC country's

Chinese buyers shunned offers for Venezuelan crude this week, as a US blockade on the South American producer constrains exports and pushes up

More than a dozen tankers have loaded oil off Venezuela’s coast since the Trump administration intensified efforts to curb Caracas’ crude revenue by

 The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told Reuters on Sunday, in what would be the second such

The US Coast Guard stopped and boarded an oil tanker in the Caribbean early Saturday that was last docked in Venezuela, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia’s energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace

A hoard of Venezuelan crude on tankers at sea will provide a cushion for Chinese refiners — the biggest buyers — should the US

The United States' tightening grip on Venezuela’s oil exports could strangle the country's crude output and cut off President Nicolas Maduro's main economic

Venezuela faces a fresh financial shock after the US seized a sanctioned oil tanker off its coast, a move that could choke off one of the few remaining

A shortage of oil tankers is becoming so acute that newly built vessels, which usually carry refined fuels on their maiden voyages, are instead racing empty

The Russian government’s oil proceeds shrank by almost a third in November from a year ago as weaker crude prices and a stronger currency took their toll on

Several tankers operated by Turkey’s Be?ikta? Likid, the operator of the Mersin, were sanctioned by Ukraine in the past for their involvement in ship-to-ship

India’s state-run refiners Indian Oil Corp. and Bharat Petroleum Corp. have bought Russian crude for January delivery, lured by discounts and plentiful

The amount of Iranian crude held on tankers at sea has swelled to the highest in two-and-a-half years, reflecting slower demand from top buyer China even as

Crude loadings at Russia's Novorossiysk port are about two to three days behind schedule as damage caused by a November 14 Ukrainian attack has limited the

A spike in freight rates for tankers hauling oil has prompted a wave of vessels to join the lucrative trade, with dozens of ships switching their focus from

Indian refiners have not placed new orders for Russian oil purchases since sanctions were imposed, as they await clarity from the government and suppliers,

Chinese state-owned companies including Sinopec canceled some purchases of seaborne Russian crude after the US blacklisted Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC, adding

A flotilla of crude oil on the world’s oceans expanded to a fresh high as producer nations keep adding barrels and the tankers sail further for

Trading firms have diverted at least five more crude oil tankers from a major port in eastern China after the U.S. imposed sanctions on an import terminal