About a dozen oil tankers loaded with Venezuelan crude and fuel have left the country's waters since the start of the year in apparent defiance of the U.S. government's blockade on exports.

The U.S. Coast Guard attempted to board the tanker, which is accused of breaking U.S. sanctions and transporting Iranian oil headed to Venezuela, in the Caribbean last month. The vessel refused to be boarded, turned away, and fled. It then changed its name to the Marinera and re-registered as a Russian vessel.

United States forces boarded and seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday following a weeks-long chase on the high seas which has escalated tensions with Moscow and piled further pressure on its ally Venezuela.

PDVSA's main joint-venture partner Chevron exported a 500,000-barrel cargo of Venezuelan oil on Sunday, bound for the U.S. Gulf Coast on one of its tankers under its U.S. authorization, LSEG ship data showed.

US forces have seized a tanker allegedly transporting crude oil from Venezuela and Iran, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noems. Video released by the US Department of Homeland Security showed troops landing on the tanker, identified as the ...

The assault is directed on the pipeline from Kazakhstan to the Black Sea coast in Russia that is operated by Caspian Pipeline Consortium Authorities in Ukraine have placed a share of blame on Kazakhstan, accusing Astana of remaining silent on intensified ...

The military operation, which seized two ships, including a Russian one, represents a dramatic escalation in tensions between Trump and Putin.

Unseating Maduro was only the first step in what Trump hopes will be a breakneck resurrection of the country's energy sector.