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U.S. forces have seized the sanctioned crude oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel more than 10,000 miles from the Caribbean,

By Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 31 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said India will buy Venezuelan oil, as opposed to

The United States is handing over to Venezuela a tanker that it seized this month, two U.S. officials told Reuters on

Europe is set to receive some of its first shipments of Venezuelan oil in nearly a year after traders rolled out offers worldwide to sell cargoes at the behest

U.S. military forces apprehended the sanctioned motor vessel Sagitta without incident this morning in the Caribbean, marking the seventh tanker seizure in

The shipping market is being shaken up by Washington’s intervention in Venezuela, as the prospect of more oil being exported to the US boosts regional tanker

U.S. military and Coast Guard forces carried out another pre-dawn boarding in the Caribbean, seizing the sanctioned motor tanker Veronica in the

The informal fleet of crude tankers that operated under the radar in Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela is beginning to emerge from the shadows after the

The U.S. government has filed for court warrants to seize dozens more tankers linked to the Venezuelan oil trade, four sources familiar with the matter said,

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Two China-flagged supertankers that were sailing to Venezuela to pick up debt-paying crude

By Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga HAVANA/HOUSTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said no more Venezuelan oil or money

Back-to-back predawn raids signal escalation in U.S. crackdown on sanctioned “Ghost Fleet” tankers. U.S. authorities have seized two sanctioned oil

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — A small fleet of ships booked by Chevron Corp. is sailing to Venezuela as the company emerges as the only exporter of

For more than two weeks, the oil tanker formerly known as Bella 1 has been on the run. Now, as the vessel — hastily re-registered in Russia and

The drama that began with Operation Absolute Resolve on January 3 reached Manhattan federal court on Monday, where Venezuela's captured President Nicolás

Over a weekend that will reshape the southern Caribbean for years to come, commercial shipping in the region entered uncharted waters.  Paul Morgan

By Marianna Parraga Jan 4 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is asking some joint ventures to cut back crude production amid an

By Jen Judson Jan 4, 2026, 9:06 AM (Bloomberg) –Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US would use an oil “quarantine” to get what it wants

By Kevin Crowley, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Lucia Kassai Jan 3, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said US oil companies will spend billions of

Jan 3 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports, which had fallen to a minimum amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s announced blockade of all