US EditionTrump Orders Ban on Sanctioned Oil Tankers Traveling to and From Venezuela
The ban targets about 30 sanctioned 'ghost ships' on the U.S. Treasury list to enforce sanctions and pressure Maduro's government, with a recent Coast Guard seizure reported.
- Recently, President Donald Trump ordered a ban on sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, targeting only vessels on the U.S. Treasury sanctions list.
- The U.S. Treasury Department has tracked so-called `ghost ships` used to evade sanctions, and TankerTrackers said recently that around 30 of the 80 oil tankers near Venezuela were on that list.
- The U.S. Coast Guard seized a fully loaded tanker just last week, one tanker carries about $100 million in oil, and the U.S. military has at least a dozen warships with around 15,000 troops in the region.
- President Nicolás Maduro said Venezuela's oil trade won't be stopped, and the Venezuelan defense minister called the U.S. threat an `act of aggression`; a full blockade is considered an act of war amid nearby U.S. military presence.
- Venezuela depends on oil and production has dropped dramatically in recent years, while U.S. oil company Chevron produces about a quarter to a third of roughly a million barrels a day.
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