Trump orders total blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers as the South American nation controls world's largest oil reserves with over 300 billion barrels.

The U.S. has seized seven Venezuelan-linked oil tankers since Dec. 10​, 2025.

First assembled by Iran in the 2010s, the loose fleet that exclusively ships oil under Western embargo has more than doubled ...

Global trading houses are back in Venezuelan oil, with Vitol and Trafigura authorized by the Trump Administration to market ...

WASHINGTON, DC – In the weeks since the United States snatched Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration ...

The U.S. pumps more crude than any other nation in the world but it still wants Venezuela's oil. Here's why.

U.S. sanctions on Russia and Venezuela have boosted tonne-miles, increased floating storage, and shifted trade from shadow ...

The French navy intercepted a Russian oil tanker in the Mediterranean suspected of operating as part of Moscow’s shadow fleet, a network of falsely-flagged vessels used to export oil and avoid Western ...

The Chariot Tide, a tanker under EU sanctions for transporting Russian oil, is escorted to Morocco by a Spanish vessel after ...