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Chinese oil tankers are pressing ahead with Venezuela-linked voyages despite a U.S. blockade and an escalating campaign of tanker seizures. Two Chinese-flagged VLCCs are operating near Venezuelan ...

CNOOC Ltd announced Wednesday a "major" discovery in the Qinhuangdao 29-6 oilfield in the central Bohai Sea with estimated in-place resources of over 100 million oil equivalent tons. "The main ...

U.S. forces, led by the Coast Guard, are now chasing a third oil tanker near Venezuela, sharply escalating a high-stakes crackdown aimed at the country’s sanctioned crude trade. The Coast Guard is ...

The Coast Guard and other troops boarded the M/T Centuries after it departed Venezuela. It’s the second tanker seized this month. By Nicholas Slayton Published Dec 20, 2025 8:01 PM EST American forces ...

Dramatic video released Friday shows a Russian oil tanker being blown up by Ukrainian drones in an “unprecedented special operation” in neutral waters in the Mediterranean Sea. The footage of the ...

Brent crude oil prices fell to below $60 a barrel on Tuesday, the lowest since May, amid investor optimism over progressing peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and a wave of oversupply hitting ...

After the U.S. seized a tanker carrying Venezuelan crude oil, the shadowy fleet of "ghost ships" used to evade sanctions drifted squarely into President Donald Trump's crosshairs. On Dec. 10, Trump ...

KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones struck two Russian oil rigs in the Caspian Sea, an official in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Friday. The source said SBU drones hit the ...

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries. By Rebecca F.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the U.S. plans to take control of the oil currently on a tanker off the coast of Venezuela that was seized by U.S. forces Wednesday. Trump "talks a ...